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. 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. At the 1931 census (the last before the abolition of the parish), Grafton had a population of 54. == References ==