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.

Little Grimsby Grange

Other OS name in the Parish of Little Grimsby

Historical Forms

  • “grange of” Lyttell Grymesbye 1537–39 LDRH
  • Littel Grimsby, firma grang' 1538–39 Dugdvi
  • “the grange of Little” Grymsby 1543 LPxviii
  • “manor or grange of Little” Grymesbye “next” Brakenbarthe 1564 Pat
  • The Grange Cappitall Messuage and Tenement 1675 MiscDon

Etymology

, “grange ofLyttell Grymesbye 1537–39 LDRH, Littel Grimsby , firma grang '1538–39 Dugd vi, “the grange of LittleGrymsby 1543 LP xviii, “manor or grange of LittleGrymesbyenextBrakenbarthe 1564 Pat, The Grange Cappitall Messuage and Tenement 1675MiscDon 287 ; it was a grange of the Priory of North or Nun Ormsby .