Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for GRAFTON

GRAFTON, a hamlet in Beckford parish, Gloucester; 6 miles SSW of Evesham. Real property, £1, 328. A landslip of about 16 acres, from the side of Breedon hill, occurred here in 1764, and entirely covered the pasture-grounds below.


(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "a hamlet"   (ADL Feature Type: "populated places")
Administrative units: Beckford AP/CP       Gloucestershire AncC
Place: Grafton

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