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. Civil parishes can trace their origin to the ancient system of parishes, w ...

in the Melton district, in the

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. The parish includes the village of Saxelbye and the hamlet of Shoby. 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