Grimston, Norfolk

Grimston (population estimated as 1,920 in 2004) is a village in West Norfolk, England approximately 6 miles north-east of King's Lynn.It is just a few miles away from the Royal family's residence at Sandringham.

The village was built on a spring line, and a Roman Village was found in 1903, 300 yards West of St.Botolph's Church. Subsequently Roman villas were found in the neighbouring villas of Gayton Thorpe and Well Hall to the South and Congham and Appleton the North. Some red bricks from the Villa were re-used in the church, on buttresses and on the South Wall.Grimston, and particularly the nearby hamlet of Pott Row were quite significant centres of pottery production from the 11th to 16th centuries and important suppliers of this to Scandinavia. Grimstonware finds have been made in Italy and Spain too. Pots often had faces carved just under the rim. Some of these can be seen in local Museums including the Castle Museum, Norwich.

There was once a nearby station, known as Grimston Road, which is now closed.