Grimley Brook
Grimley may mean: *Grimley, Worcestershire - a village in England *Ed Grimley - a television character *Martyn Grimley (born 1963) - a former field hockey player * Robert William Grimley, dean of the Diocese of Bristol. See also: *The Grimleys ''The Grimleys'' is a comedy-drama television series set on a council estate in Dudley, West Midlands, England in the mid-1970s. It was first broadcast by Granada TV for ITV in 1999, following a pilot in 1997, and concluded in 2001 after thre ...

Grimley, Worcestershire
Grimley is a village and civil parish () in the Malvern Hills District in the county of Worcestershire, England about north of Worcester. It is known for the Norman Parish Church; St Bartholomew. A la Carte Restaurant; Wagon Wheel. A 16th-century Inn; The Camp House Inn. Bevere Lock. Primary School. Grimley Gravel Pits (or -Pools), a gravel quarry and nature reserve SSSI. The villages of Sinton Green and Monkwood Green sit within Grimley Parish. History 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''). 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 tran ...
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Ed Grimley
Edward Mayhoff 'Ed' Grimley is a fictional character created and portrayed by Martin Short. Developed amongst The Second City improv comedy troupe, Grimley made his television debut on the sketch comedy show '' SCTV'' in 1982, leading to popular success for both Short and the persona. Short continued to portray Grimley on ''Saturday Night Live'' and in various other appearances. The character also starred in Hanna-Barbera's 1988 animated series '' The Completely Mental Misadventures of Ed Grimley'', and appeared in Short's comedy specials ''I, Martin Short, Goes Hollywood'' and '' I, Martin Short, Goes Home''. Concept and creation Martin Short originated the character on Toronto's Second City stage as an unnamed school parent in a sketch. Originally, his hair was simply very greasy and unkempt, but another cast member joked offstage that the height of the hair seemed to increase with each performance. In an interview, Short said that he was inspired by a scene from the John W ...
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Martyn Grimley
Martyn Andrew Grimley (born 24 February 1963) is a former field hockey player. He won gold with the Great Britain squad at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul. He also has World Cup and Champions Trophy silver medals with England as well as silver medals with both European Cup silver medals with both indoor and outdoor squads. He has a combined total of 178 international caps for England and Great Britain. Grimley was born in Halifax, England. He taught Physical Education at Banbury School Wykham Park Academy is a coeducational academy school situated on Ruskin Road, in the Easington ward of Banbury, Oxfordshire, England. The school has a sixth form In the education systems of England, Northern Ireland, Wales, Jamaica, Trini ... in Oxfordshire for a short time between 1986–87 and then taught geography, Physical Education and Outdoor Education while at Dulwich College in London. Since returning from the Olympics in 1988 he joined Zurich Financial Services and has sinc ...
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Robert William Grimley
Robert William Grimley (born 26 September 1943) is a Church of England priest. He was Dean of Bristol from 1997 to 2009. Early life Grimley was born on 26 September 1943 in Derby, England, Who's Who 2008: London, A & C Black the son of William Bracebridge Grimley and Gladys Mary ''née'' Draper."Grimley, Very Rev. Robert William"
''Who's Who 2016'' (online edition), Oxford University Press, 2015. Retrieved 3 October 2016. After schooling at , an all-boys in Derby, Grimley

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