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Grafton Flyford

Village in Worcestershire, England

Field	Value
country	England
coordinates
official_name	Grafton Flyford
static_image	Grafton Flyford Church.jpg
static_image_width	250px
static_image_caption	Grafton Flyford Church
shire_district	Wychavon
shire_county	Worcestershire
region	West Midlands
postcode_district	WR7
postcode_area	WR
post_town	Worcester
os_grid_reference	SO 962 557

Grafton Flyford is a village about 6 mi east of Worcester, in Worcestershire, England.

It neighbours Stock Green, with the large farm house Hill Top Farm standing on the border.

In 1377, or 1378, Henry de Ardern was granted the manor of Grafton Flyford by the Earl of Warwick for a red rose.

The name Grafton derives from the Old English grāftūn meaning 'settlement by a grove'. The affix Flyford refers to the village's position near Flyford Flavell.

St John's Church

The Church of St John the Baptist is a Grade II* listed building. The earliest parts are of the 13th to 14th century; the tower, of the 14th century, has an embattled parapet, within which is a short stone spire. The east window is 15th-century. The church was restored in 1875 by William Hopkins.

Deserted medieval village

To the north-west and north-east of the church are earthworks (a scheduled monument) showing the remains of a deserted medieval village. There are enclosures, the largest about 120 by, which were once gardens or paddocks, and within some are house platforms. Sunken trackways run between the enclosures. Remains of five ponds can be discerned, and an area of medieval ridge and furrows.

Grafton Wood

To the east of the village is Grafton Wood, a nature reserve of the Worcestershire Wildlife Trust. It is ancient woodland, and is the centre of the only colony of brown hairstreak butterflies in the Midlands.

References

Driver, J. T. ''Worcestershire Knights of the Shire 1377-1421'' Transactions of the Worcestershire Archaeological Society. Third Series Vol 4 1974 p19
"Grafton Flyford". The Institute for Name-Studies.
[https://www.british-history.ac.uk/vch/worcs/vol4/pp85-89 "Parishes: Grafton Flyford", in ''A History of the County of Worcester: Volume 4'', ed. William Page and J W Willis-Bund (London, 1924), pp. 85-89] British History Online. Retrieved 8 July 2021.
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[https://www.worcswildlifetrust.co.uk/nature-reserves/grafton-wood "Grafton Wood"] ''Worcestershire Wildlife Trust''. Retrieved 8 July 2021.

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