North Grimston is a village in the

civil parish In England, a civil parish is a type of administrative parish used for local government. It is a territorial designation which is the lowest tier of local government. Civil parishes can trace their origin to the ancient system of parishes, w ...

of Birdsall, in

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, England. It is situated between

Norton-on-Derwent Norton-on-Derwent, commonly referred to as simply Norton, is a town and civil parish in North Yorkshire, England. Norton borders the market town of Malton, North Yorkshire, Malton, and is separated from it by the River Derwent, Yorkshire, Rive ...

and Wharram-le-Street on the B1248 road. In 1931 the parish had a population of 143. On 1 April 1935 the parish was abolished and merged with Birdsall.

History

The North Grimston sword, dating to the

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was found at North Grimston in 1902. St Nicholas' Church, North Grimston is

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and has a Norman font. North Grimston was served by North Grimston railway station on the Malton and Driffield Railway between 1853 and 1950. The village was historically part of the

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until 1974. From 1974 to 2023 it was part of the district of

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, it is now administered by the unitary

North Yorkshire Council North Yorkshire Council, known between 1974 and 2023 as North Yorkshire County Council, is the local authority for the non-metropolitan county of North Yorkshire, England. Since 2023 the council has been a unitary authority, being a county coun ...

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Villages in North Yorkshire Former civil parishes in North Yorkshire Birdsall, North Yorkshire {{NorthYorkshire-geo-stub