In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Grimshoe like this:

GRIMSHOE, a hundred in Norfolk; on the SW border of the county, contiguins to Suffolk and Cambridge. It contains Buckenham parish and sixteen other parishes. Acres, 68, 682. Pop., 7, 554. house, 1, 624.

Grimshoe through time

Grimshoe is now part of KINGS LYNN AND WEST NORFOLK District. Click here for graphs and data of how KINGS LYNN AND WEST NORFOLK has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Grimshoe itself, go to Statistics.

How to reference this page:

GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Grimshoe, in Kings Lynn and West Norfolk and Norfolk | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.

URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/20767

Date accessed: 08th April 2026


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