Grimsargh

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Coordinates: 53°48′18″N 2°37′52″W / 53.805°N 2.631°W

Grimsargh
The Plough
Grimsargh Grimsargh shown within Lancashire
Population	2,164 (2001)
OS grid reference	SD585345
Civil parish	Grimsargh
District	Preston
Shire county	Lancashire
Region	North West
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	PRESTON
Postcode district	PR2
Dialling code	01772
Police	Lancashire
Fire	Lancashire
Ambulance	North West
EU Parliament	North West England
UK Parliament	Wyre and Preston North
List of places UK England Lancashire

Civil parishes in the City of Preston

Go Ba Wo Br Wh H Gr L (Preston)	Ba	Barton

	Br	Broughton

	Go	Goosnargh

	Gr	Grimsargh

	H	Haighton

	L	Lea

	Wh	Whittingham

	Wo	Woodplumpton

Grimsargh is a village and civil parish in the City of Preston, Lancashire, England. According to the 2001 census the parish had a population of 2,164. The parish is part of the electoral ward of Preston Rural East.

Geography

The village lies between Preston and Longridge, and south of Goosnargh. Notable features include St. Michael's parish church (CE) and a large parkland area to the west of the village. Several large reservoirs can be found to the east and until recently these were used extensively by local anglers. The Savick Brook flows just north of the village. The village is also along the route of the Ribble Way.

Industry

The village has one public house, The Plough, situated in the village centre. The pub has won several county-wide awards for its food and service but has since changed owners. There is also a private members social club in the village.

Grimsargh was once a stop on the now dismantled Preston to Longridge railway line. A junction and platform to the north east of the station allowed passengers to board trains to the nearby Whittingham Hospital via the private Whittingham Hospital Railway.

History

The town formed a parish in 1875 within the area known as Brockholes, which became one part of the much larger Amounderness hundred, in which Preston was also included.

Oliver Cromwell's Roundhead army came through Grimsargh en route to what is now Walton-le-Dale in Preston, on what became known as the Battle of Preston on 17 August 1648.

The name Grimsargh is said to derive from an Old Norse name Grímr with Norse erg. One reference lists it as coming from the Domesday Book's Grimesarge, "at the temple of Grimr" (a name for Odin).^[1]

Community

Grimsargh now contains a bowls club, cricket club and pavilion. The cricket club has 5 senior teams. 1 playing on Wednesdays in the Boddington's Village Cricket League. 3 playing on Saturdays in the Moore & Smalley Palace Shield league structue (Divion's 3,4 & 6), and also a Sunday XI playing in the Moore & Smalley Palace Shield Sunday League. Training is held on Tuesdays at the club's home ground on the village green, and the club welcomes new players of all abilities and ages. Grimsargh St. Michael's Church, St. Michael's Primary School and pre-school are all located near the village hall.

Grimsargh Village Hall is a popular and thriving venue for public activities and private events, run by the Grimsargh Village Community Association. The Hall also hosts the monthly Grimsargh Farmers' Market which is a well-established and popular market offering a wide range of local produce and crafts.

Grimsargh also has an active Parish Council, with nine Councillors and a Clerk.

Gallery

Field Day Parade
River Ribble near Elston Lane
Grimsargh War Memorial

References

↑ Taylor, Isaac (1896). Names and Their Histories: Alphabetically Arranged as a Handbook of Historical Geography and Topographical Nomenclature. London: Rivington, Percival & Co. p. 390.

External links

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