Grafton, Oxfordshire

Grafton
The centre of Grafton
Grafton Location within Oxfordshire
OS grid reference	SP2600
Civil parish	Grafton and Radcot
District	West Oxfordshire
Shire county	Oxfordshire
Region	South East
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	Bampton
Postcode district	OX18
Dialling code	01993
Police	Thames Valley
Fire	Oxfordshire
Ambulance	South Central
UK Parliament	Witney
List of places UK England Oxfordshire 51°42′14″N1°36′47″W / 51.704°N 1.613°W / 51.704; -1.613

Grafton is a hamlet in the civil parish of Grafton and Radcot, in the West Oxfordshire district of Oxfordshire, England. It is in the Thames Valley, about 3+1⁄2 miles (5.6 km) north of Faringdon. Grafton Lock is on the River Thames about 1 mile (1.6 km) south of the hamlet.

History

Grafton was historically a township in the ancient parish of Langford. Each of Langford's four township took on civil functions under the poor laws from the 17th century onwards. As such, the four townships each became separate civil parishes in 1866 when the legal definition of 'parish' was changed to be the areas used for administering the poor laws. ^{[1] [2]}

Grafton Lock

The two civil parishes of Grafton and Radcot (another of the former townships of Langford) were subsequently merged into a new civil parish called Grafton and Radcot in 1932. ^{[3] [4]} At the 1931 census (the last before the abolition of the parish), Grafton had a population of 54. ^[5]

References

1. Youngs, Frederic (1979). Guide to the Local Administrative Units of England: Volume I, Southern England. London: Royal Historical Society. pp. xvi, 400. ISBN   0901050679.
2. "History of Grafton in West Oxfordshire". A Vision of Britain through Time. Retrieved 19 August 2023.
3. "Grafton and Radcot Parish". A Vision of Britain through Time. GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth. Retrieved 15 October 2025.
4. "Faringdon Registration District". UKBMD. Retrieved 19 August 2023.
5. "Population statistics Grafton Tn/CP through time". A Vision of Britain through Time . Retrieved 19 August 2023.