Map sources for Grimsargh at grid reference SD585345

Grimsargh is a village to the east of Preston in Lancashire, England. The village is in the parish of Haighton and is to the south of Goosnargh. Grimsargh is close to the Ribbleton area of Preston, and the difference between the council housing and rural suburbia is stark. The Savick Brook flows just north of the village. Image File history File links Download high resolution version (1802x2589, 189 KB) File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... Image File history File links Download high resolution version (1802x2589, 189 KB) File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... The British national grid reference system is a system of geographic grid references commonly used in Great Britain, different from using latitude or longitude. ... Preston is a city and local government district in North West England. ... Lancashire (archaically, the County of Lancaster) is a county palatine of England, lying on the Irish Sea. ... Royal motto: Dieu et mon droit (French: God and my right) Englands location within the UK Official language English de facto Capital London de facto Largest city London Area  - Total Ranked 1st UK 130,395 km² Population  - Total (2001)  - Density Ranked 1st UK 49,138,831 377/km² Ethnicity... A parish is a subdivision. ... Goosnargh Goosnargh is a Betelgeusian word used in Douglas Adams Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy book, So Long, and Thanks For All the Fish. ... The Ribble Link is Great Britains newest inland waterway, opened in 2002. ...

Grimsargh was once one stop on the now dismantled Preston to Longridge railway line. The town formed a parish in 1875 within the area known as Brockholes, which became one part of the much larger Amounderness hundred, in which Preston was also included. Longridge is a town in Lancashire, England, on a ridge above the River Ribble. ... Amounderness (Andernes in ancient times) is an area of England. ... A hundred is an administrative division, frequently used in Europe and the West, which historically was used to divide a larger region into smaller geographical units. ...

Oliver Cromwell's Roundhead army came through Grimsargh en route to what is now Walton-le-Dale in Preston, on what became known as the Battle of Preston on 17 August 1648. Unfinished portrait miniature of Oliver Cromwell by Samuel Cooper, 1657. ... The Roundheads was the nickname given to big supporters of the Parliamentarian cause in the English Civil War. ... Two battles are known as the Battle of Preston: The Battle of Preston (1648) was a victory for Oliver Cromwell over the Royalists during the English Civil War. ... August 17 is the 229th day of the year (230th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar. ... // Events Peace treaty signed at Westphalia ends the Thirty Years War. ...

The name Grimsargh is said to derive from an Old Norse name Grímr with Norse erg. Old Norse or Danish tongue is the Germanic language once spoken by the inhabitants of the Nordic countries (for instance during the Viking Age). ... Norse is related to Scandinavia, and may mean: Ancient Norse mythology Medieval Norsemen, i. ...

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