Survey of English Place-Names

Historical Forms

• Grimsby Fm 1718,1724,1788 Terrier

• Grimsby farme c.1634,1662,1697 Terrier 1698 GrimsCLeet

• Grymsbye Farme 1644 GrimsCBxiii

Etymology

Grimsby Fm (lost), Grimsby Fm 1718, 1724, 1788Terrier , Grimsby farme c.1634, 1662, 1697Terrier , 1698GrimsCLeet , Grymsbye Farme 1644GrimsCB xiii . Gillett 62n, comments “In the seventeenth century we begin to hear of Grimsby Farm, which may have been the local seat of this family [i.e. of Sir William Grimsby]. Its site is now occupied by the house … called the Cedars ”. He further notes that “there had been a family of this name in the town since the fourteenth century”.