Survey of English Place-Names

Historical Forms

• Grimeston 1212 Fees 1285 FA 1288 Ass 1297 Pat

• Grymeston 1278 QW 1288 Ass 1317 Pat 1344 Inqaqd

• Grymston(e), Grimston(e) c.1226 Sarum 1268 Ass 1280 Ass 1288 Ass

• Grimstan(e) 1226 Osm

• Grym(e)stan(e) 1324–1409 Pat

• Grummes- 1275 RH

• Grymmeston 1288 Ass

• Grymstede 1428 FA

• Gremston 1546 Lane

Etymology

Grimstone (SY 640942), Grimeston 1212 Fees, 1285 FA, 1288Ass , 1297 Pat, Grymeston 1278 QW, 1288Ass , 1317 Pat, 1344 Inq aqd, Grymston (e ), Grimston (e )c. 1226 Sarum, 1268Ass , 1280Ass , 1288Ass et passim , Grimstan (e )1226 Osm, Grym (e )stan (e )1324–1409 Pat, Grummes -1275 RH, Grymmeston 1288Ass , Grymstede 1428 FA, Gremston 1546Lane , Grymston als. Greemston 1606 (1770) 'Grím's farm', from the ON  pers.n. Grímr and tūn (in some forms replaced by stān 'stone' and once by stede 'place'). The pers.n. Grimr seems to have been common even outside the Danelaw by the time of DB, and there are three examples of its use as a Do surname in 1332 SR, one of them being a William Grym taxed in Piddlehinton (five miles NE). For another example of the p.n. Grimston(e) outside the Danelaw, cf. D 316.