Place:North Grimston, East Riding of Yorkshire, England

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North Grimston is a village in the Ryedale district of North Yorkshire, England. It was historically part of the East Riding of Yorkshire until 1974. It is situated between Norton-on-Derwent and Wharram-le-Street on the B1248 road. It is part of the civil parish of Birdsall.

The Church at North Grimston is dedicated to St Nicholas. The font dates back to Saxon times.

North Grimston was served by North Grimston railway station on the Malton and Driffield Railway between 1853 and 1950.

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North Grimston was originally an ancient parish in Buckrose Wapentake in the East Riding of Yorkshire. In 1866 the status of civil parish was introduced and this was taken on by most ancient parishes and also by their subsidiary townships if they were of any size at all. In 1866 North Grimston, which had no townships, became a civil parish. In 1894 it became part of the Norton Rural District of the East Riding. In 1935 North Grimston was absorbed into the neighbouring civil parish of Birdsall within Norton Rural District.

In 1974 rural districts were abolished and the border between the East Riding of Yorkshire and the North Riding of Yorkshire was realigned. The North Riding changed its name to North Yorkshire. Since 1974 North Grimston has been in North Yorkshire, specifically within the Ryedale District.

Research Tips

• GENUKI on North Grimston.
• A Vision of Britain through Time on North Grimston.
• The FamilySearch wiki on the ecclesiastical parish of North Grimston provides a list of useful resources for the local area.
• A Vision of Britain through Time provides links to three maps of the East Riding, produced by the United Kingdom Ordnance Survey, illustrating the boundaries between the civil parishes and the rural districts at various dates. These maps all expand to a scale that will illustrate small villages and large farms or estates.

• Ordnance Survey 1888. The "Sanitary Districts (which preceded the rural districts).
• Ordnance Survey 1900 The rural districts, not long after their introduction.
• Ordnance Survey 1944. The rural districts after the revisions of 1935.

• For a discussion of where to find Archive Offices in Yorkshire, see GENUKI.
• Yorkshire has a large number of family history and genealogical societies. A list of the societies will be found on the Yorkshire, England page.