Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for GRIMSTON

GRIMSTON, a hamlet in Garton township and parish, E.R. Yorkshire; on the coast, 7½ miles NE of Hedon. Grimston Hall here is the seat of the Grimston family, who have held the manor since the Norman conqueST.


(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "a hamlet"   (ADL Feature Type: "populated places")
Administrative units: Yorkshire Ancient County
Place: Grimston

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