What is "grafton"

Grafton may refer to:

Grafton was a British paperback imprint established c. 1981 by Granada Publishing Ltd, a subsidiary of media company Granada Group Ltd. It was named after the publishing company's then address, 8 Grafton Street, in central London. Other paperback imprints of Granada at the time included Paladin, later the home of the Paladin Poetry Series, Panther and Mayflower. A collaboration with hardback publishers Jonathan Cape, Chatto and Windus and The Bodley Head in 1976 resulted in the creation of Triad Books.

In 1983 Granada Publishing Ltd was sold to the Glasgow-based publishers William Collins, Sons, which used the name Grafton to consolidate all of Granada's paperback imprints alongside its own existing Fontana imprint.

Collins was in turn bought by Rupert Murdoch's News International in 1989 to create the HarperCollins publishing conglomerate. The name Grafton disappeared as a separate brand c. 1993.

Grafton is the penultimate passenger rail station on MBTA Commuter Rail's Framingham/Worcester Line. Though it is officially located at 1 Pine Street in North Grafton, Massachusetts, Pine Street can not be found on any map of the station. The actual location is off of Green Street north of Westboro Road ( Massachusetts Route 30). Parking is available on the west side of Green Street north of the bridge over the line, where a pedestrian bridge between the two platforms can also be found.

The station is located within a five-minute walk of Tufts University's Cummings School of Veterinary Medicine.

Grafton was a 56-ton schooner sailing out of Sydney during the 1860s. She was wrecked in the north arm of Carnley Harbour, Auckland Island on 3 January 1864.

Grafton is both a surname and a given name. Notable people with the name include:

Surname:

• Anthony Grafton, American historian
• C. W. Grafton, American novelist
• Frederick William Grafton, British industrialist and politician
• Jimmy Grafton, English writer, producer and theatrical agent
• Joseph Grafton, founder of the Newton Theological Institution
• Peter Grafton, British Musician
• Richard Grafton, English historian
• Sue Grafton, American author

Given name:

• Grafton D. Cushing, American politician
• Grafton Green, American jurist
• Grafton K. Mintz, American copy editor
• Grafton Njootli, Canadian politician
• Grafton Elliot Smith, Australian anatomist