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.

Grimsby

Early-attested site in the Parish of Lythe

Historical Forms

Grimesbi 1086 DB

Etymology

'Grim's farm' from the common ON pers. name Grímr and by.

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Major Settlement