English Place-name Society

Survey of English Place-Names

A county-by-county guide to the linguistic origins of England’s place-names – a project of the English Place-Name Society, founded 1923.

Grimstone

Early-attested site in the Parish of Whitchurch

Historical Forms

  • Ingrameston 1427 FF
  • Engrymston in Whitchurch 1518–29 ECP5,439

Etymology

name Ingram . The modern form is doubtless due to mistaken division of the name into in Grimston .