Grimoldby is a village and civil parish in the East Lindsey district of Lincolnshire, England. It is situated east from Louth.
Grimoldby Grade I listed Anglican church is dedicated to St Edith. It is of early Perpendicular style with embattled and crocketed aisles and clerestory, set with gargoyles.Pevsner, Nikolaus; Harris, John; The Buildings of England: Lincolnshire p. 259; Penguin (1964); revised by Nicholas Antram in 1989, Yale University Press. Cox, J. Charles (1916) Lincolnshire pp. 148, 149; Methuen & Co. Ltd
In 1885 Kelly's Directory reported that the chief crops grown were wheat, barley, beans and oats, and that Grimoldby had three chapels, Wesleyan, Primitive Methodist and Free Methodist, and a National School.Kelly's Directory of Lincolnshire with the port of Hull 1885, p. 435
Village amenities include a Co-op supermarket, Grimoldby Primary School,Grimoldby Primary School , retrieved 15 August 2011 a nursery, an Italian restaurant and a cricket club. There is a public house, called The Manby Arms. Amenities also serve the adjoining village of Manby, which is to the south, separated from Grimoldby by the B1200.
Grimoldby used to have a railway station.
History 1987 crash On 3 June 1987 Panavia Tornado 'ZA366' from RAF Marham crashed near to RAF Manby airfield at 5.07p.m. Both pilots ejected.Louth Standard Friday 5 June 1987, page 2Louth Standard Friday 12 June 1987, page 11987 Tornado
Governance An electoral ward in the same name exists. Grimoldby is in the centre of this ward which had a population taken at the 2011 census of 2181.
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External links
The Lancaster Inn website