East Grimstead
| East Grimstead | |
| Wiltshire | |
|---|---|
 Cottage in East Grimstead being rethatched | |
| Location | |
| Grid reference: | SU226279 |
| Location: | 51°2’60"N, 1°40’44"W |
| Data | |
| Post town: | Salisbury |
| Postcode: | SP5 |
| Dialling code: | 01722 |
| Local Government | |
| Council: | Wiltshire |
| Parliamentary constituency: |
Salisbury |
East Grimstead is a village in Wiltshire, about five miles east of Salisbury. Together with West Grimstead it forms the civil parish of Grimstead. The village has about 70 households and no shops, public houses or schools.[1]
History
The site of a Roman villa is a short distance to the south-east of the village.[2]
The Salisbury and Southampton Canal, opened in 1802 or 1803, passed to the south of the village on the south bank of the river; it was never completed as far as Salisbury and closed in 1806. The only surviving canal bridge carries the road south from East Grimstead, near the church.[3]
In 1847 the London and South Western Railway opened its line between Bishopstoke in Hampshire and Milford station at Salisbury, passing East Grimstead to the south of the canal. The line remains open as part of the Wessex Main Line from Salisbury to Southampton; the nearest station is Dean, at West Dean, about two miles east of East Grimstead.
Church
The Church of England church of the Holy Trinity was built in 1857,[4] replacing an earlier chapel.[5] It is subordinate to St Mary's parish church at West Dean.[6]
References
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("Wikimedia Commons" has material about East Grimstead) |
- ↑ "Holy Trinity Church, East Grimstead". Clarendon Team Ministry. http://www.clarendonteam.org/east%20grimstead.html. Retrieved 22 May 2014.
- ↑ Historic England. "Roman Villa, Grimstead (223061)". PastScape. http://www.pastscape.org.uk/hob.aspx?hob_id=223061. Retrieved 8 December 2015
- ↑ National Heritage List 1181681: Southampton and Salisbury Canal, canal bridge
- ↑ National Heritage List 1023819: Church of Holy Trinity, East Grimstead
- ↑ "Church of the Holy Trinity, East Grimstead". Wiltshire Council. http://history.wiltshire.gov.uk/community/getchurch.php?id=1484. Retrieved 9 December 2015.
- ↑ "Parish Records / West Dean St Mary with East Grimstead Holy Trinity". The National Archives. http://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/browse/r/ef67a721-73f3-4010-a88d-390e680fc5ed. Retrieved 9 December 2015.
