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 Englishgrima).[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.
grimley, worcestershire, grimley, village, civil, parish, grid, reference, so8360, malvern, hills, district, county, worcestershire, england, about, miles, north, worcester, known, norman, parish, church, bartholome, nature, reserve, sssi, grimleywagon, wheel,. 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 GrimleyWagon Wheel InnGrimleyLocation within WorcestershirePopulation640 2021 DistrictMalvern HillsShire countyWorcestershireRegionWest MidlandsCountryEnglandSovereign stateUnited KingdomPost townWorcesterPostcode districtWR2PoliceWest MerciaFireHereford and WorcesterAmbulanceWest MidlandsUK ParliamentWest WorcestershireList of places UK England Worcestershire 52 14 31 N 2 14 28 W 52 242 N 2 241 W 52 242 2 241 The villages of Sinton Green and Monkwood Green sit within Grimley Parish The parish had a population of 640 in 2021 1 Contents 1 History 2 References 3 Nearby 4 Grimley in fiction 5 External linksHistory editSee also History of Worcestershire 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 edit 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 editHoltGrimley in fiction editAlthough the film Brassed off is located in Grimley citation needed the real band was located in Grimethorpe External links edit nbsp Wikimedia Commons has media related to Grimley Grimley Gravel Pools West Midland Bird Club Archived from the original on 25 July 2008 a href Template Cite web html title Template Cite web cite web a CS1 maint unfit URL link A walk around Grimley St Bartholomew s Church List of Rectors 1269 1988 nbsp This Worcestershire location article is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Grimley Worcestershire amp oldid 1212447466, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
