Grimley, Worcestershire

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Grimley
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Wagon Wheel Inn
Grimley is located in Worcestershire
Grimley
Grimley
 Grimley shown within Worcestershire
District Malvern Hills
Shire county Worcestershire
Region West Midlands
Country England
Sovereign state United Kingdom
Post town Worcester
Postcode district WR2
Police West Mercia
Fire Hereford and Worcester
Ambulance West Midlands
EU Parliament West Midlands
UK Parliament West Worcestershire
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Grimley is a village and civil parish (grid reference SO8360) in the Malvern Hills District in the county of Worcestershire, England about 3 miles (4.8 km) north of Worcester.

It is known for the Norman Parish Church; St Bartholomew. Al a Carte Restaurant; Wagon Wheel. A16th Century Inn; The Camp House Inn. Bevere Lock. Primary School. Grimley Gravel Pits (or -Pools), a gravel quarry and nature reserve SSSI. It once housed a Monastery which was linked to Holt Castle via underground tunnels and has been a site of refuge for thousands of years.

Following the Poor Law Amendment Act 1834 Grimley Parish ceased to be responsible for maintaining the poor in its parish. This responsibility was transferred to Martley Poor Law Union.[1]

References

  1. Worcestershire Family History Guidebook, Vanessa Morgan, 2011, p68 The History Press, Stroud, Gloucestershire.

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