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.
Historic Buildings to visit near Grimsby include Burghley House, and Lincoln Castle.
There are a number of airports near to Grimsby including Humberside Airport.
Places near Grimsby feature a number of interesting towns including Stamford.
Places near Grimsby feature a number of interesting villages including Duddington.
Places near Grimsby feature a number of interesting cities including Lincoln.
Castles to visit near Grimsby include 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.
