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Great Grimsby

Great Grimsby or Grimsby, city (1991 pop. 139,877), North East Lincolnshire, E central England, at the mouth of the Humber River. It is one of the largest fishing ports in the world. Great Grimsby has an extensive commercial trade in fish, coal, grain, and timber as well as an important frozen food industry. Other production includes rayon, titanium oxide, and chemicals. A college of technology is located there.

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A Dictionary of British Place-Names | 2003 | | Â© A Dictionary of British Place-Names 2003, originally published by Oxford University Press 2003. (Hide copyright information) Copyright

Grimsby, ‘farmstead or village of a man called Grímr’, OScand. pers. name + bý: Grimsby NE. Lincs. Grimesbi 1086 (DB). Grimsby, Little Lincs. Grimesbi 1086 (DB).

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Grimsby, Canada, UK 1. Canada (Ontario): founded in 1783 as The Forty, possibly indicating the number of settlers, before being changed, probably because one or more of them came from Grimsby in England.2. UK (England): formerly Grimesbi and since 1979 Great Grimsby to distinguish it from Little Grimsby. The name means ‘Village of a man called Grimr’ from an Old Scandinavian personal name and bý.

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