Grafton may refer to:

Places

Australia

Grafton, New South Wales Grafton ( Bundjalung-Yugambeh: Gumbin Gir) is a city in the Northern Rivers region of the Australian state of New South Wales. It is located on the Clarence River, approximately by road north-northeast of the state capital Sydney. The closest m ...

Canada

* Grafton, New Brunswick *

Grafton, Nova Scotia Grafton is a small farming community in the Annapolis Valley area of Kings County, Nova Scotia, Canada. Located just north of the village of Waterville, Nova Scotia, Waterville, it stretches from the Cornwallis River to the slopes of the North Mou ...

* Grafton, Ontario

England

* Grafton, Cheshire *

Grafton, Herefordshire Grafton is a village and civil parish in Herefordshire, England. The population of this civil parish was 258 at the United Kingdom Census 2011, 2011 census. The parish includes the villages of Grafton and Bullinghope, and is immediately to the sou ...

Grafton, North Yorkshire Grafton is a village in the Harrogate district of North Yorkshire, England. It is situated approximately north-west of the city of York and north-east of the market town of Knaresborough. The village is joined with Marton and forms the civi ...

Grafton, Oxfordshire Grafton is a hamlet in the Thames Valley in West Oxfordshire, about north of Faringdon. It is one of two hamlets in Grafton and Radcot civil parish. Grafton Lock Grafton Lock is a lock on the River Thames in Oxfordshire, England. ...

* Grafton, Shropshire * Grafton, Wiltshire *

Grafton, Worcestershire Grafton is a hamlet in Worcestershire, England, situated between the villages of Beckford and Ashton under Hill, south-east of Bredon Hill. The name Grafton means a woodland settlement.Grafton Manor, Worcestershire * Grafton Flyford, Worcestershire * Grafton Regis, Northamptonshire *

Grafton Underwood Grafton Underwood is a village and civil parish in North Northamptonshire, England. At the time of the 2001 census, the parish's population was 134 people, increasing to 146 at the 2011 census. The village was used in Helen Fielding's Bridget J ...

, Northamptonshire *

Ardens Grafton Ardens Grafton is a hamlet or small village in the Stratford-on-Avon District of Warwickshire, England, situated about 4 miles (6.4 km) east of Alcester and 14 miles (23 km) west of the county town of Warwick. It has a main street an ...

, Warwickshire * Temple Grafton, Warwickshire * The Honour of Grafton, a collection of manors in Northamptonshire

Ireland

* Grafton Street, Dublin

New Zealand

* Grafton, New Zealand, an inner city suburb of the city of Auckland

Sierra Leone

Grafton, Sierra Leone Grafton is a coastal town close to the peninsula, in the Western Area Rural District of Sierra Leone. Grafton is a trade center and lies about twenty miles on the main highway to Freetown. Grafton is a principle home of the Creole ethnic grou ...

United States

Localities

* Knights Landing, California, formerly Grafton * Grafton, Illinois * Grafton, Indiana * Grafton, Iowa * Grafton, Kansas * Grafton, Massachusetts ** Grafton (MBTA station) * Grafton, Nebraska * Grafton, New Hampshire * Grafton, New York * Grafton, North Dakota * Grafton, Ohio * Grafton, Utah, a ghost town * Grafton, Vermont, a New England town **

Grafton (CDP), Vermont Grafton is the central village and a census-designated place (CDP) in the town of Grafton, Windham County, Vermont, United States. As of the 2020 census, it had a population of 49, compared to 645 in the entire town. The CDP is in northern Win ...

, the central village in the town *

Grafton, Virginia Grafton is an unincorporated community in York County, Virginia, United States, on the Virginia Peninsula. As of the 2010 Census, the Grafton postal area (ZIP Code 23692) had a population of 18,846. History Originally known as Cockletown, the ...

* Grafton, West Virginia * Grafton, Wisconsin, a village * Grafton (town), Wisconsin, adjacent to the village

Counties

* Grafton County, New Hampshire

Townships

* Grafton Township, McHenry County, Illinois * Grafton Township, Sibley County, Minnesota * Grafton Township, Fillmore County, Nebraska *

Grafton Township, Walsh County, North Dakota Grafton Township is a township in Walsh County Walsh County is a county in the U.S. state of North Dakota. As of the 2020 census, the population was 10,563. Its county seat is Grafton. History The Dakota Territory legislature created the co ...

Grafton Township, Lorain County, Ohio Grafton Township is one of the eighteen townships of Lorain County, Ohio, United States. As of the 2010 census the population was 2,833. Geography Located in southeastern Lorain County, it borders the following townships and village: * Grafton - ...

Companies

* Grafton (publisher), a British paperback book imprint, active 1981–1993 * Grafton Architects, comprising architects Shelley McNamara and Yvonne Farrell * Grafton Cinema, 1911–1973 *

Grafton Entertainment Grafton Entertainment, sometimes referred to as Grafton Records, is an artist management company and record label, with dual-headquarters in both United Kingdom and Nigeria. History Grafton Entertainment was formed in 2004 by Tonye Ibiama, who cr ...

, a record label * Grafton Group, an Ireland-based builders merchants business.

Ships

* HMS ''Grafton'' (1679), a 70-gun third-rate ship of the line launched in 1679, rebuilt in 1700, and captured by the French in 1707 * HMS ''Grafton'' (1709), a 70-gun third-rate launched in 1709, rebuilt in 1725 and broken up in 1744 * HMS ''Grafton'' (1750), a 70-gun third-rate launched in 1750 and sold in 1767 * HMS ''Grafton'' (1771), a 74-gun third-rate launched in 1771 * HMS ''Grafton'' (1892), an ''Edgar''-class cruiser launched in 1892 and broken up in 1920 * HMS ''Grafton'' (H89), a G-class destroyer launched in 1935 and torpedoed in 1940 * HMS ''Grafton'' (F51), a ''Blackwood''-class (Type 14) frigate launched in 1957 and broken up in 1971 * HMS ''Grafton'' (F80), a Type 23 frigate * USS ''Grafton'' (APA-109), a ''Bayfield''-class attack transport launched in 1944 and scrapped in 1974 *

Grafton (ship) ''Grafton'' was a 56-ton schooner sailing out of Sydney during the 1860s that was wrecked on 3 January 1864 in the north arm of Carnley Harbour, Auckland Island, one of the New Zealand Subantarctic Islands, nearly south of the South Island. Her ...

, a schooner wrecked on the Auckland Islands in 1864 * SS John Grafton, used by Finnish exiles to smuggle arms into Russian-ruled Finland in 1905

Other uses

Grafton (name) Grafton is both a surname and a given name. Notable people with the name include: Surname: * Anthony Grafton (born 1950), American historian *C. W. Grafton (1909–1982), American novelist * Frederick William Grafton (1816–1890), British industri ...

* Duke of Grafton * Grafton Galleries, an art gallery that existed in Mayfair, London. * Grafton saxophone, a unique 1950s alto saxophone constructed mainly from plastic