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Grimstead

Civil parish in Wiltshire, England

Summary

Civil parish in Wiltshire, England

Field	Value
country	England
official_name	Grimstead
static_image_name	View towards West Grimstead - geograph.org.uk - 1740963.jpg
static_image_caption	West Grimstead
population	248
population_ref	(in 2011)
unitary_england	Wiltshire
lieutenancy_england	Wiltshire
region	South West England
constituency_westminster	Salisbury
post_town	Salisbury
postcode_district	SP5
postcode_area	SP
dial_code	01722
coordinates
os_grid_reference	SU220269
website

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. Today both are within the area of the Clarendon benefice, a group of nine rural parishes.

The first tier of local government is Grimstead Parish Council. 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.

References

"Grimstead: Population". Wiltshire Council.
"Holy Trinity, East Grimstead". The Archbishops' Council.
"St John, West Grimstead". The Archbishops' Council.
"The Clarendon Churches – The Church of England to the East of Salisbury".
"Grimstead Parish Council".
"Election Maps: Great Britain". Ordnance Survey.

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