Grimley, Worcestershire

Grimley

Wagon Wheel Inn
Grimley
 Grimley shown within Worcestershire
DistrictMalvern Hills
Shire countyWorcestershire
RegionWest Midlands
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post town Worcester
Postcode district WR2
Police West Mercia
Fire Hereford and Worcester
Ambulance West Midlands
EU Parliament West Midlands
UK ParliamentWest Worcestershire
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Coordinates: 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 Bartholomew. Al a Carte Restaurant; Wagon Wheel. A16th Century Inn; The Camp House Inn. Bevere Lock. Primary School. Grimley Gravel Pits (or -Pools), a gravel quarry and nature reserve SSSI. It once housed a Monastery which was linked to Holt Castle via underground 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.[1]

References

  1. ↑ Worcestershire Family History Guidebook, Vanessa Morgan, 2011, p68 The History Press, Stroud, Gloucestershire.

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