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Grindon may refer to: Places *Grindon, County Durham, England * Grindon, Northumberland, a location in England *Grindon, Sunderland, Tyne and Wear, England *Grindon, Staffordshire, England Other *Leopold Hartley Grindon Leopold Hartley Grindon (28 March 1818 – 20 November 1904) was an English educator and botanist, and a pioneer in adult education. His plant collection and botanical drawings and writings formed a major asset of the Manchester Herbarium, herba ... {{Disambiguation, geo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Grindon, County Durham
Grindon is a village in the borough of Stockton-on-Tees, County Durham, England. The civil parish population at the census 2001 was 2,603 reducing to 2,484 at the 2011 Census. It is situated between Sedgefield and Stockton-on-Tees, near to Thorpe Thewles and Thorpe Larches. The place name of "Grindon" is derived from the word 'dun', which meant hill. Grindon is situated in the Upland Fells, formed of Carboniferous millstone grit. "The alternating strata of harder and softer rocks give a stepped profile to many dale sides and distinctive flat-topped summits to the higher fells." The village formerly had a parish directly named after it; since May 2019 its parish is Grindon and Thorpe Thewles. History In 1831 the parish of Grindon incorporated the townships of Grindon and Whitton. Whitton later moved to the parish of Stillington, two miles west of Grindon. In 1908 the parish boundaries of Grindon grew to include the township of Embleton from the neighbouring parish of Sedge ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Grindon, Sunderland
Grindon is a suburb of Sunderland, Tyne and Wear Tyne and Wear () is a metropolitan county in North East England, situated around the mouths of the rivers Tyne and Wear. It was created in 1974, by the Local Government Act 1972, along with five metropolitan boroughs of Gateshead, Newc ..., in the United Kingdom. Located three miles to the west of the city centre along ''Chester Road'', Grindon originated as a Norman-era manor holding and was recreated into a post-war housing estate in the 20th century. History Historical linguists state that the name "Grindon" is derived from Old English and may mean "Green Hill", a reference to the geographic feature of the local Sandhill. The placename first appears in the Boldon Book dated from 1183 which states that the land was granted from the Bishop of Durham to Walter De Roth. In 2004 the electoral ward of Grindon was changed to include Thorney Close and is now known as the Sandhill Ward. Pennywell Road is the location ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Grindon, Staffordshire
Grindon is a small village in the Staffordshire Peak District of England. Geography Grindon is situated near the southern end of the Peak District National Park. It is at the top of the western edge of the limestone bank of the Manifold Valley, south of Butterton and opposite Wetton on the eastern side of the valley. A comparison of two views north from the village gives some indication of the bleakness of this area in winter. The nearer village, left of centre, is Butterton, while the far skyline is of Derbyshire. The river crossing between Grindon and Wetton is known as ''The Weags''. The slope down to the Manifold is very steep on both sides, with several hairpin-bends on the road. A little downstream from The Weags is the confluence with the River Hamps, which flows from Waterhouses, and is the main tributary of the Manifold. Opposite this is Beeston Torr, a rock face popular with climbers. This section of the Manifold, and also the Hamps, runs dry for much of th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
