Grimston is named in the Domesday Book, compiled by Norman commissioners in 1086, entered under the hundred of Sneculfcros in Yorkshire.

Other Settlements in Sneculfcros

The Meaning of the Name

The name Grimston is of Anglo-Saxon origin. Its final element derives from the Old English word tūn, a farmstead or village. The first element is most likely a personal name or an early descriptive term, now difficult to recover with certainty. Taken together the name probably meant something close to ‘a farmstead’.

Remarkably, the name has changed little since 1086, when the Domesday scribes wrote it as Grimston.

Listed Buildings Near Grimston

Historic England records 7 listed buildings within about a mile of Grimston. Listing protects structures of special architectural or historic interest, graded I (exceptional), II* (particularly important) and II.

Grade II

Grimston Today

Today Grimston lies within the administrative area of Dunnington.

Read more about modern Grimston on Wikipedia .

Nearby Domesday Settlements

Other places recorded in the 1086 survey within a few miles:

Osbaldwick - 1.0 km W
Murton - 1.0 km N
Dunnington - 2.2 km NE
Ianulfestorp - 2.2 km NE
Heslington - 2.2 km SW
Heworth - 3.2 km W

Heritage Around Grimston

Photographs of churches, listed buildings and monuments in the vicinity, contributed by volunteers to the Geograph project and reused here under a Creative Commons licence.

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Grimston in the Domesday Book (1086)