Country: | England |
Coordinates: | 52.2141°N -2.052°W |
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 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.[1]
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.[2]
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 120by, 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.
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.[3]