Grimston, Leicestershire

Grimston is a village and civil parish in the Melton district, in the English county of Leicestershire. The parish includes the village of Saxelbye and the hamlet of Shoby. The population of the civil parish at the 2011 census was 294.[1] On 1 April 1936 the parishes of Saxelby and Shoby were merged with Grimston.[2] Although the current civil parish is called "Grimston"[3] its parish council is called "Grimston, Saxelbye and Shoby Parish Council".[4]

Grimston

Stone and stocks on the village green
Grimston
Location within Leicestershire
Population294 (2011 Census)
District
Shire county
Region
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townMelton Mowbray
Postcode districtLE14
PoliceLeicestershire
FireLeicestershire
AmbulanceEast Midlands
UK Parliament

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 John the Baptist, restored in 1856, is a Grade II* listed building.[5]

References
  1. "Civil Parish population 2011". Neighbourhood Statistics. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 13 June 2016.
  2. "Relationships and changed Grimston Ch/CP through time". A Vision of Britain. Retrieved 17 October 2020.
  3. "Grimston". Ordnance Survey. Retrieved 17 October 2020.
  4. "Home". Grimston, Saxelbye and Shoby Parish Council. Retrieved 17 October 2020.
  5. Historic England. "CHURCH OF ST PETER (1075032)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 17 November 2013.


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