Grimley, Worcestershire

Human settlement in England

Malvern Hills

Worcestershire

Region

West Midlands

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West Worcestershire

List of places: UK; England; 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

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

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

Nearby

Holt

Grimley in fiction

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

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Grimley.

"Grimley Gravel Pools". West Midland Bird Club. Archived from the original on 25 July 2008.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
A walk around Grimley
St. Bartholomew's Church
List of Rectors, 1269-1988