Crafton
Crafton is a hamlet in the civil parish of Mentmore, in Buckinghamshire, England. The hamlet's name is Anglo Saxon in origin, and means 'farm where saffron grows'.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Hamlet
- Description: hamlet in Buckinghamshire, England, UK
- Also known as: “Crafton, Buckinghamshire”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Mentmore Towers and Church of St Peter and St Paul.
Mentmore Towers
Building
Photo: Swanker, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Mentmore Towers, historically known simply as "Mentmore", is a 19th-century English country house built between 1852 and 1854 for the Rothschild family in the village of Mentmore in Buckinghamshire.
Cheddington railway station
Railway station
Photo: Simply south, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Cheddington railway station serves the village of Cheddington, in Buckinghamshire, England, and the surrounding town of Ivinghoe and the village of Mentmore. Cheddington railway station is situated 2 miles east of Crafton.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Wingrave and Ledburn.
Wingrave
Village
Photo: Rob Farrow, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Wingrave is a village in Buckinghamshire, England, about four miles northeast of Aylesbury and three miles southwest of Wing. The civil parish is called Wingrave with Rowsham within Buckinghamshire district and incorporates the hamlet of Rowsham.
Ledburn
Hamlet
Ledburn is a hamlet in the parish of Mentmore, in Buckinghamshire, England. Ledburn is situated 1½ miles northeast of Crafton.
Horton
Hamlet
Photo: Chris Cole, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Horton is a hamlet in the parish of Ivinghoe, in Buckinghamshire, England. It is in the civil parish of Slapton. The name Horton is a common one in England. Horton is situated 2 miles east of Crafton.
Crafton
- Category: locality
- Location: Mentmore, Aylesbury Vale, Buckinghamshire, South East England, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
51.86877° or 51° 52′ 8″ northLongitude
-0.70968° or 0° 42′ 35″ westElevation
354 feet (108 metres)Open location code
9C3XV79R+G4OpenStreetMap ID
node 565515722OpenStreetMap feature
place=hamlet
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In Other Languages
“Crafton” goes by many names.
- Turkish: “Crafton, Buckinghamshire”
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