Grimston

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Grimston is a hamlet in York

Other current and historical names

Grimeston
Grimestun

Parish/Community: Murton
Unitary Authority: York
Region: Yorkshire and The Humber

Category: Populated Place
Type: Hamlet

Latitude/Longitude: 53°57'20"N 1°1'6"W
Eastings/Northings: 464500, 451500
OS Grid: SE645515
Mapcode Local: GBR PQBP.8S
Mapcode Global: WHFC4.BT6Y

Location and coordinates are for the approximate centre of Grimston within this administrative area. Geographic features and populated places may cross administrative borders.

Grimston in historic gazetteers

Gazetteer of the British Isles (Edinburgh: Bartholomew, 1887). John Bartholomew

Grimston, township, Dunnington par., East-Riding Yorkshire, 3 miles E. of York, 797 ac., pop. 58.

Grimston in the Domesday Book

A village in Sneculfcros hundred, in the county of Yorkshire.

Two manors recorded in Domesday.

1st Manor
- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Sunulf
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Count of Mortain
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Nigel Fossard (subinfeudated)
- Taxable Value: 2 geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: £1 in 1066; 10 shillings in 1086
- Households: 3 villagers
- Plough Teams: 1 lord's plough; ¹⁄₂ men's plough (1 plough land)
2nd Manor
- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Ulfkil
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: William of Percy
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: William of Percy
- Taxable Value: 1 geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: 10 shillings in 1066

British Place Names

Grimston, York

Grimston is a hamlet in York

Grimston in historic gazetteers

Grimston in the Domesday Book