In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Grimston like this:
GRIMSTONE, a village and a parish in FreebridgeLynn district, Norfolk. The village stands 4½ miles N by E of East Winch r. station, and 7 ENE of KingsLynn; is nearly a mile long; and has a post office under Lynn. The parish comprises 4, 240 acres. Real property, £4, 700. Pop., 1, 300. ...
house, 270. The property is subdivided. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Norwich. Value, £650.* Patron, Queen's College, Cambridge. The church has a lofty tower, and is good. There are chapels for Wesleyans and Primitive Methodists, a free school for boys, a school for girls, a charity of £95 a year for the free school and for repairing the church, and lands worth £40 a year for parochial purposes.
Grimston through time
Grimston 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 Grimston itself, go to Units and Statistics.
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Grimston in Kings Lynn and West Norfolk | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/3158
Date accessed: 28th April 2024
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