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Grimston is a civil parish about 8 miles from York, in the Selby district, in the county of North Yorkshire, England. In 2001 the parish had a population of 59.[1] The parish touches Bolton Percy, Kirkby Wharfe with North Milford, Oxton, Stutton with Hazlewood, Tadcaster and Towton.[2]

Grimston

Grimston Park
Grimston
Location within North Yorkshire
Area3.42 km2 (1.32 sq mi)
Population59 (2001 census)
• Density17/km2 (44/sq mi)
Civil parish
  • Grimston
District
  • Selby
Shire county
  • North Yorkshire
Region
  • Yorkshire and the Humber
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
List of places
UK
England
Yorkshire
53.865865°N 1.2425387°W / 53.865865; -1.2425387

Features


There are 14 listed buildings in Grimston.[3]


History


The name "Grimston" means 'Grimr's farm/settlement.[4] Grimston was recorded in the Domesday Book of 1086 as Mitune.[5] Grimston was formerly a township in the parish of Kirkby Wharf;[6] in 1866 Grimston became a civil parish in its own right.[7]

James VI and I came to Grimston Park, the house of Sir Edward Stanhope, on 19 April 1603. He knighted 11 men including Roger Aston and Charles Montagu.[8]


References


  1. "Neighbourhood Statistics". Archived from the original on 17 May 2014. Retrieved 15 September 2020.
  2. "Grimston". Ordnance Survey. Retrieved 15 September 2020.
  3. "Listed Buildings in Grimston, Selby, North Yorkshire". British Listed Buildings. Retrieved 15 September 2020.
  4. "Grimston Key to English Place-names". The University of Nottingham. Retrieved 15 September 2020.
  5. "Yorkshire: West Riding C-G". The Domesday Book Online. Retrieved 15 September 2020.
  6. "History of Grimston, in Selby and West Riding". A Vision of Britain through Time. Retrieved 15 September 2020.
  7. "Relationships and changes Grimston Tn/CP through time". A Vision of Britain through Time. Retrieved 15 September 2020.
  8. Henry Ellis, Original Letters, 1st series vol. 3 (London, 1824), p. 75.


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