Grafton Regis is a village and civil parish in West Northamptonshire, England, on the border with Buckinghamshire. The village is east of the A508 road, on which it has a short frontage and two bus stops, and is around 8 miles (13 km) south of Northampton and 9 miles (14 km) north of Milton Keynes. The population of the civil parish (including Alderton) at the 2001 census was 152. This increased to 253 at the 2011 census. This village is "linked" with the title of the Duke of Grafton (the first Duke was an illegitimate son of King Charles II of England). The village's name means "Grove farm/settlement". The village was a crown possession, hence the "Regis" addition. The prehistoric site dates back to circa 2500 BC according to Iron Age pottery which was found to the west of the main Northampton Road and to the south of Grafton Lodge, which was a Roman site which produced pottery. A substantial capital messuage stood west of the Church in the Middle Ages. From 1100 to 1348, the mano