Grimstead

Grimstead
West Grimstead
Grimstead Location within Wiltshire
Population	248 (in 2011)[1]
OS grid reference	SU220269
Unitary authority	Wiltshire
Ceremonial county	Wiltshire
Region	South West
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	Salisbury
Postcode district	SP5
Dialling code	01722
Police	Wiltshire
Fire	Dorset and Wiltshire
Ambulance	South Western
UK Parliament	Salisbury
Website	grimstead-pc.gov.uk

Grimstead is a civil parish on the River Dun in Wiltshire, England, to the south-east of Salisbury. Its settlements are the villages of East Grimstead and West Grimstead. The 2011 census recorded a parish population of 534.

East Grimstead and West Grimstead each have an ecclesiastical parish with a parish church, dedicated to Holy Trinity and St John respectively.^[2][3] Today both are within the area of the Clarendon benefice, a group of nine rural parishes.^[4]

The first tier of local government is Grimstead Parish Council.^[5] The parish is in the area of Wiltshire Council unitary authority, which performs all significant local government functions. For parliamentary purposes, the parish falls within the Salisbury constituency.^[6]

References

1. "Grimstead: Population". Wiltshire Community History. Wiltshire Council. Retrieved 11 September 2022.
2. "Holy Trinity, East Grimstead". A Church Near You. The Archbishops' Council. Retrieved 11 September 2022.
3. "St John, West Grimstead". A Church Near You. The Archbishops' Council. Retrieved 11 September 2022.
4. "The Clarendon Churches – The Church of England to the East of Salisbury". Retrieved 11 September 2022.
5. "Grimstead Parish Council". Retrieved 11 September 2022.
6. "Election Maps: Great Britain". Ordnance Survey. Retrieved 11 September 2022.

External links

• Media related to Grimstead at Wikimedia Commons
• Grimstead Parish Council
• "Grimstead". Wiltshire Community History. Wiltshire Council. Retrieved 10 December 2015.