Place:


Grindon  County Durham

 

In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Grindon like this:

GRINDON, a township in Norham parish, Northumberland; 7 miles SW of Berwick-upon-Tweed. Acres, 1, 475. Pop., 128. house, 27. A battle was finght here, in 1558, between the Percys and the Scots.

Grindon through time

Grindon is now part of Berwick upon Tweed district. Click here for graphs and data of how Berwick upon Tweed has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Grindon itself, go to Units and Statistics.

How to reference this page:

GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Grindon, in Berwick upon Tweed and County Durham | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.

URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/4207

Date accessed: 23rd April 2024


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