Grimoldby

Grimoldby

Church of St Edith, Grimoldby
Grimoldby
 Grimoldby shown within Lincolnshire
Population 995 (2011)
OS grid referenceTF392878
   – London 130 mi (210 km)  S
DistrictEast Lindsey
Shire countyLincolnshire
RegionEast Midlands
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post town LOUTH
Postcode district LN11
Dialling code 01507
Police Lincolnshire
Fire Lincolnshire
Ambulance East Midlands
EU Parliament East Midlands
UK ParliamentLouth and Horncastle
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England
Lincolnshire

Coordinates: 53°22′08″N 0°05′28″E / 53.3689°N 0.09120°E / 53.3689; 0.09120

Grimoldby is a village and civil parish in the East Lindsey district of Lincolnshire, England. It is situated 4 miles (6 km) east from Louth. The 2001 Census reported a village population of 1151, reducing at the 2011 census to 995.[1]

Grimoldby Grade I listed Anglican church is dedicated to St Edith.[2] It is of early Perpendicular style with embattled and crocketed aisles and clerestory, set with gargoyles.[3][4]

In 1885 Kelly's Directory reported that the chief crops grown were wheat, barley, beans and oats, and that Grimoldby had three chapels, Wesleyan, Primitive Methodist and Free Methodist, and a National School.[5]

Village amenities include a Londis shop, Grimoldby Primary School,[6] a nursery, an Italian restaurant, public house and a cricket club. Amenities also serve the adjoining village of Manby, which is 0.5 miles (0.8 km) to the south, separated from Grimoldby by the B1200.

Grimoldby used to have a railway station.

Governance

An electoral ward in the same name exists. Grimoldby is in the centre of this ward which had a population taken at the 2011 census of 2181.[7]

References

  1. ↑ "Parish population 2011". Retrieved 19 August 2011.
  2. ↑ Historic England. "Church of St Edith (1359986)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 15 August 2011.
  3. ↑ Pevsner, Nikolaus; Harris, John; The Buildings of England: Lincolnshire p. 259; Penguin (1964); revised by Nicholas Antram in 1989, Yale University Press. ISBN 0-300-09620-8
  4. ↑ Cox, J. Charles (1916) Lincolnshire pp. 148, 149; Methuen & Co. Ltd
  5. ↑ Kelly's Directory of Lincolnshire with the port of Hull 1885, p. 435
  6. ↑ Grimoldby Primary School, Retrieved 15 August 2011
  7. ↑ "Ward population 2011". Retrieved 19 August 2015.
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