Grimley, Worcestershire

Grimley
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Grimley is located in Worcestershire
Grimley
Grimley
Location within Worcestershire
Population640 (2021)
District
Shire county
Region
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townWorcester
Postcode districtWR2
PoliceWest Mercia
FireHereford and Worcester
AmbulanceWest Midlands
UK Parliament
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Worcestershire
52°14′31″N 2°14′28″W / 52.242°N 2.241°W / 52.242; -2.241

Grimley is a village and civil parish (grid reference SO8360) in the Malvern Hills District in the county of Worcestershire, England about 3 miles (4.8 km) north of Worcester. It is known for the Norman Parish Church; St Bartholome, and nature reserve SSSI.

The villages of Sinton Green and Monkwood Green sit within Grimley Parish. The parish had a population of 640 in 2021.[1]

History

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The place-name 'Grimley' is first attested in a Saxon charter of 851, where it appears as Grimanlea. In the Domesday Book of 1086 it appears as Grimanleh. The name means 'wood haunted by a ghost or spectre' (Old English grima).[2]

It once housed a monastery which was reputedly linked to Holt Castle via tunnels, and has been a site of refuge for thousands of years.

Following the Poor Law Amendment Act 1834, Grimley Parish ceased to be responsible for maintaining the poor in its parish. This responsibility was transferred to Martley Poor Law Union.[3]

References

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  1. ^ "Grimley". City population. Retrieved 4 May 2023.
  2. ^ Eilert Ekwall, The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Place-names, p.205.
  3. ^ Worcestershire Family History Guidebook, Vanessa Morgan, 2011, p68 The History Press, Stroud, Gloucestershire.

Nearby

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Grimley in fiction

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Although the film Brassed off is located in Grimley,[citation needed] the real band was located in Grimethorpe.

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