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.
The area around Grimsby features a number of interesting historic buildings including Burghley House, and Lincoln Castle.
Grimsby is near some unmissable airports like Humberside Airport,
Grimsby is near some unmissable towns like Stamford,
Villages to visit near Grimsby include Duddington.
There are a number of cities near to Grimsby including Lincoln.
The area around Grimsby's best castles can be found at Lincoln Castle.
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.
