Grimoldby
| Grimoldby | |
 Church of St Edith, Grimoldby |
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  Grimoldby |
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| Population | 995 |
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| OS grid reference | TF392878 |
| – London | 130 mi (210 km) S |
| District | East Lindsey |
| Shire county | Lincolnshire |
| Region | East Midlands |
| Country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | LOUTH |
| Postcode district | LN11 |
| Dialling code | 01507 |
| Police | Lincolnshire |
| Fire | Lincolnshire |
| Ambulance | East Midlands |
| EU Parliament | East Midlands |
| UK Parliament | Louth and Horncastle |
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Coordinates: 53°22′08″N 0°05′28″E / 53.3689°N 0.09120°E
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
- ↑ "Parish population 2011". Retrieved 19 August 2011.
- ↑ Historic England. "Church of St Edith (1359986)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 15 August 2011.
- ↑ 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
- ↑ Cox, J. Charles (1916) Lincolnshire pp. 148, 149; Methuen & Co. Ltd
- ↑ Kelly's Directory of Lincolnshire with the port of Hull 1885, p. 435
- ↑ Grimoldby Primary School, Retrieved 15 August 2011
- ↑ "Ward population 2011". Retrieved 19 August 2015.
External links
Media related to Grimoldby at Wikimedia Commons- The Lancaster Inn website
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