Grimsthorpe, Lincolnshire
Historical Description
Grimsthorpe, a hamlet in Edenham parish, Lincolnshire, on the river Glen, 1½ mile W of Edenham village, with a post office under Bourne; money order and telegraph office, Edenham. Grimsthorpe Park was the seat of the Duke of Ancaster, afterwards of Lord Gwyder; is now the seat of the Earl of Ancaster; was built partly in the time of Henry III., but principally by the Duke of Suffolk, to entertain Henry VIII.; is a large, irregular, but magnificent structure, and stands in an ornate park, about 16 miles in circuit. It possesses a large number of valuable paintings and other works of art, a unique collection of gold plate, and many interesting historical curiosities. A Cistercian abbey, founded about 1451 by the Earl of Albemarle, and called Vallis Dei, or, vulgarly, Vaudy, formerly stood in the park, about a mile from the castle.
Administration
The following is a list of the administrative units in which this place was either wholly or partly included.
Ancient County | Lincolnshire | |
Civil parish | Edenham | |
Poor Law union | Bourne | |
Wapentake | Beltisloe |
Any dates in this table should be used as a guide only.
Directories & Gazetteers
We have transcribed the entry for Grimsthorpe from the following:
- Samuel Lewis' A Topographical Dictionary of England, by Samuel Lewis, seventh edition, published 1858. (Grimsthorpe)
Maps
Online maps of Grimsthorpe are available from a number of sites:
- Bing (Current Ordnance Survey maps).
- Google Streetview.
- National Library of Scotland. (Old maps)
- OpenStreetMap.
- old-maps.co.uk (Old Ordnance Survey maps to buy).
- Streetmap.co.uk (Current Ordnance Survey maps).
- A Vision of Britain through Time. (Old maps)