Grimston is a village and

civil parish In England, a civil parish is a type of administrative parish used for local government. It is a territorial designation which is the lowest tier of local government below districts and counties, or their combined form, the unitary authority ...

in the Melton district, in the

English county The counties of England are areas used for different purposes, which include administrative, geographical, cultural and political demarcation. The term "county" is defined in several ways and can apply to similar or the same areas used by each ...

Leicestershire Leicestershire ( ; postal abbreviation Leics.) is a ceremonial and non-metropolitan county in the East Midlands, England. The county borders Nottinghamshire to the north, Lincolnshire to the north-east, Rutland to the east, Northamptonshire t ...

. The parish includes the village of

Saxelbye Saxelbye (or Saxelby) is a small village and former civil parish, now in the parish of Grimston, Leicestershire, Grimston, in the district of Melton (borough), Melton in Leicestershire, England. The village lies about three miles to the north-we ...

and the hamlet of

Shoby Shoby is a Hamlet (place), hamlet and former civil parish north east of Leicester, now in the parish of Grimston, Leicestershire, Grimston, in the Borough of Melton, Melton district, in the county of Leicestershire, England. In 2000 it had an est ...

. The population of the

at the 2011 census was 294. On 1 April 1936 the parishes of Saxelby and Shoby were merged with Grimston. Although the current civil parish is called "Grimston" its parish council is called "Grimston, Saxelbye and Shoby Parish Council". The village's name means 'farm/settlement of Grimr'.

Amenities

Grimston has a pub, a place of worship and once had a railway station called Grimston railway station. The 13th-century parish church of St Peter, restored in 1856, is a Grade II* listed building.

References

External links

* http://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/place_page.jsp?p_id=10850 * http://www.britishlistedbuildings.co.uk/en-190211-shoby-priory-grimston * http://www.achurchnearyou.com/grimston-st-john-the-baptist/ Villages in Leicestershire Civil parishes in Leicestershire Borough of Melton {{Leicestershire-geo-stub