Grimston, Leicestershire

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Grimston
Leicestershire
Stone and Stocks, Village Green, Grimston - geograph.org.uk - 313051.jpg
Stone and stocks on the village green
Location
Grid reference: SK685218
Location: 52°47’24"N, 0°59’6"W
Data
Population: 294  (2011 Census)
Post town: Melton Mowbray
Postcode: LE14
Local Government
Council: Melton
Parliamentary
constituency:
Rutland and Melton

Grimston is a village in Leicestershire.

The parish includes the village of Saxelbye and the hamlet of Shoby: the population of this parish was recorded as 294 at the 2011 census.

The village's name means 'farm/settlement of Grimr'.[1]

About the village

Grimston has a pub, a place of worship and once had a railway station called Grimston railway station.

The 13th-century parish church of St Peter, restored in 1856, is a Grade II* listed building.[2]

Outside links

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References

  1. Cox, B.: 'Place-Names of Leicestershire , Part' (English Place-Names Society, 1998-2016)
  2. National Heritage List 1075032: Church of St Peter