Temple Grafton

Temple Grafton
St Andrew's Church, Temple Grafton
Temple Grafton is located in Warwickshire
Temple Grafton
Temple Grafton
Location within Warwickshire
Population462 (2011 Census)[1]
OS grid referenceSP 1226 5480
District
Shire county
Region
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townALCESTER
Postcode districtB49
Dialling code01789
PoliceWarwickshire
FireWarwickshire
AmbulanceWest Midlands
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52°11′29″N 1°49′20″W / 52.191338°N 1.822102°W / 52.191338; -1.822102

Temple Grafton is a village and civil parish 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. The place name is misleading, the Knights Templar never having any association with the place but owing to a naming error made in the time of Henry VIII the mistake has been perpetuated. During the reign of Richard I the estate in fact belonged to the Knights Hospitaller.[2] During the reign of Edward III in 1347 the village was recorded as Grafton Superior while neighbouring Ardens Grafton was named Inferior.[3]

  1. ^ "Civil Parish population 2011". Retrieved 22 December 2015.
  2. ^ Old Warwickshire Churches, W Hobart Bird 1936
  3. ^ William Dugdale, The Antiquities of Warwickshire, 1656