Grimsby
Grimsby is a Town in the county of Lincolnshire.
Grimsby postcode: DN31 1NR
There are great places to visit near Grimsby including some great historic buildings, airports, towns, villages, cities and castles.
Burghley House, and Lincoln Castle are some of Grimsby best historic buildings to visit near Grimsby.
Humberside Airport is one of Grimsby's best, nearby airports to visit in Grimsby.
There are a several good towns in the area around Grimsby like Stamford.
Duddington is one of Grimsby's best, nearby villages to visit in Grimsby.
Grimsby is near some unmissable cities like Lincoln,
Lincoln Castle is one of Grimsby's best, nearby castles to visit in Grimsby.
Grimsby History
There are some historic monuments around Grimsby:
Places to see near Grimsby
History of Grimsby
In Norse mythology, Grim (Mask) and Grimnir (Masked One) are names adopted by the deity Odin (Anglo-Saxon Woden) when travelling incognito amongst mortals, as in the short poem known as ‘Grimnir’s Sayings’ (Grimnismal) in the Poetic Edda. The intended audience of the Havelock tale (recorded much later in the form of The Lay of Havelock the Dane) may have understood the fisherman Grim to be Odin in disguise. The Odinic name ‘Grimr/Grim’ occurs in many English placenames within the historical Danelaw and elsewhere in Britain, examples being the numerous earthworks named Grimsdyke. As other British placenames containing the element Grim are explained as referring to Woden/Odin (e.g. Grimsbury, Grimspound, Grime’s Graves, Grimsditch, Grimsworne), Grimsby is likely to have the same derivation.