An English place name and surname, often referring to various towns or the noble title Duke of Grafton.
From Old English 'graeft' meaning grove or copse, and 'tun' meaning enclosure or settlement. The name literally means 'settlement by the grove.' The ducal title was created in 1675 for one of King Charles II's illegitimate sons.
Grafton Street in Dublin, one of Europe's most expensive shopping streets, takes its name from the Duke of Grafton and has been a center of commerce since the 1700s. The street was actually built on marshland and required extensive drainage before becoming the fashionable thoroughfare it is today.
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