Grimley is a village and civil parish () in the Malvern Hills District in the county of Worcestershire, England about north of Worcester. It is known for the Norman Parish Church, St Bartholomew's, and nature reserve SSSI.
The villages of Sinton Green and Monkwood Green sit within Grimley Parish. The parish had a population of 640 in 2021.
History
The place-name 'Grimley' is first attested in a Saxon charter of 851, where it appears as Grimanlea. In the Domesday Book of 1086 it appears as Grimanleh. The name means 'wood haunted by a ghost or spectre' (Old English grima).Eilert Ekwall, The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Place-names, p.205.
It once housed a monastery which was reputedly linked to Holt Castle via tunnels, and has been a site of refuge for thousands of years.
Following the Poor Law Amendment Act 1834, Grimley Parish ceased to be responsible for maintaining the poor in its parish. This responsibility was transferred to Martley Poor Law Union.Worcestershire Family History Guidebook, Vanessa Morgan, 2011, p68 The History Press, Stroud, Gloucestershire.
Nearby Holt
Grimley in fiction Although the film Brassed Off is located in a village called "Grimley", the real band was located in Grimethorpe, South Yorkshire, on which that Grimley was based.
References
External links
A walk around Grimley St. Bartholomew's Church List of Rectors, 1269-1988