Grinshill

Grinshill
Grinshill
	; View over Grinshill from Grinshill Hill
	Grinshill Location within Shropshire
Population	274 (2011)
OS grid reference	SJ520234
Civil parish	Grinshill;
Unitary authority	Shropshire;
Ceremonial county	Shropshire;
Region	West Midlands;
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	SHREWSBURY
Postcode district	SY4
Dialling code	01939
Police	West Mercia
Fire	Shropshire
Ambulance	West Midlands
UK Parliament	North Shropshire;
	List of places UK England Shropshire 52°48′22″N 2°42′43″W / 52.806°N 2.712°WCoordinates: 52°48′22″N 2°42′43″W / 52.806°N 2.712°W

Grinshill is a small village, and civil parish in Shropshire, England, United Kingdom. The parish is one of the smallest in the district. The population of the civil parish at the 2011 census was 274.^[1] Grinshill Hill rises above the village to 192 metres (630 ft) above sea level.

Grinshill is near (east) to the village of Clive. The A49 runs just further to the east of the village.

Stone has been quarried at Grinshill since at least the twelfth century. Grinshill stone is a Triassic sandstone that was described by the Pevsner Architectural Guides as the "pre-eminent" building stone of Shropshire, and has been used in buildings as varied as Haughmond Abbey, Shrewsbury railway station and Welsh Bridge.^[2] Most notably, Grinshill stone has been used to make the lintels and door surround of Number 10 Downing Street and in the building of Chequers.^[3]

The village church is All Saints.^[4]

References[]

^ "Civil Parish population". Retrieved 26 November 2015.
^ Newman, John; Pevsner, Nikolaus (2006). Shropshire. Pevsner Architectural Guides: The Buildings of England (2nd ed.). p. 6. ISBN 978-0-300-12083-7.
^ "Grinshill Ancient Village or Settlement - The Megalithic Portal". megalithic.co.uk. Retrieved 26 August 2013.
^ "Grinshill All Saints". A Church Near You. Retrieved 7 June 2019.

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[1] "Civil Parish population". Retrieved 26 November 2015.

[pevsner-2] Newman, John; Pevsner, Nikolaus (2006). Shropshire. Pevsner Architectural Guides: The Buildings of England (2nd ed.). p. 6. ISBN 978-0-300-12083-7.

[3] "Grinshill Ancient Village or Settlement - The Megalithic Portal". megalithic.co.uk. Retrieved 26 August 2013.

[4] "Grinshill All Saints". A Church Near You. Retrieved 7 June 2019.

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Grinshill
View over Grinshill from Grinshill Hill
Grinshill Location within Shropshire
Population	274 (2011)
OS grid reference	SJ520234
Civil parish	Grinshill
Unitary authority	Shropshire
Ceremonial county	Shropshire
Region	West Midlands
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	SHREWSBURY
Postcode district	SY4
Dialling code	01939

Police	West Mercia
Fire	Shropshire
Ambulance	West Midlands

UK Parliament	North Shropshire
List of places UK England Shropshire 52°48′22″N 2°42′43″W / 52.806°N 2.712°W / 52.806; -2.712Coordinates: 52°48′22″N 2°42′43″W / 52.806°N 2.712°W / 52.806; -2.712

Grinshill

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