Place:Grimston, Norfolk, England

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NameGrimston
Alt namesErimestunasource: Domesday Book (1985) p 189
Grimestunasource: Domesday Book (1985) p 189
Grimstonesource: alternate spelling
TypeParish (ancient), Civil parish
Coordinates52.767°N 0.542°E
Located inNorfolk, England
See alsoFreebridge Lynn Hundred, Norfolk, Englandhundred in which it was located
Freebridge Lynn Rural, Norfolk, Englandrural district 1894-1974
King's Lynn and West Norfolk District, Norfolk, Englanddistrict municipality covering the area since 1974
source: Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names
source: Family History Library Catalog


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Grimston is a civil parish in the English county of Norfolk approximately 6 miles northeast of King's Lynn. It covers an area of 18.08 km2 (6.98 sq mi) and had a population of 1,952 in 823 households at the 2001 UK census. For the purposes of local government, it falls within the district of King's Lynn and West Norfolk.

The village is just a few miles away from the Royal Family's residence at Sandringham.

The Grade I listed Church of St.Botolph has late Saxon or early Norman origins, largely extended in the 14th and 15th centuries. Adam Thorowgood (Adam Thoroughgood) was born in Grimston in July 1604. He was a prominent Virginia settler in the 1620s, naming the city of Norfolk after his home county. The district of Thoroughgood in Virginia Beach is named after him, and a house he built there is open as a museum. He died in 1640.

For more information, see the EN Wikipedia article Grimston, Norfolk. Details of the local mediaval pottery industry.

Research Tips

  • Ancestry.co.uk has the following lists as of 2018 (UK or worldwide Ancestry membership or library access required). With the exception of the index to wills these files are browsible images of the original documents. The files are separated by type and broken down into time periods (i.e., "Baptism, Marriages, and Burials, 1535-1812" is more than one file). The general explanatory notes are worth reading for those unfamiliar with English parish records.
  • Index to wills proved in the Consistory Court of Norwich : and now preserved in the District Probate Registry at Norwich
  • Norfolk, England, Bishop's Transcripts, 1579-1935
  • Norfolk, England, Church of England Baptism, Marriages, and Burials, 1535-1812
  • Norfolk, England, Church of England Births and Baptisms, 1813-1915
  • Norfolk, England, Church of England Deaths and Burials, 1813-1990
  • Norfolk, England, Church of England Marriages and Banns, 1754-1940
  • FindMyPast is another pay site with large collection of parish records. As of October 2018 they had 20 types of Norfolk records available to browse including Land Tax Records and Electoral Registers.
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