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In some cases, the official English or anglicised name is wholly different from the official Irish language name. An example is Dublin: its name is derived from the Irish dubh linn (meaning "black pool"), but its Irish name is Baile Átha Cliath (meaning "town of the hurdled ford").
Grimsby or Great Grimsby is a port town and the administrative centre of North East Lincolnshire, Lincolnshire, England. Grimsby adjoins the town of Cleethorpes directly to the south-east forming a conurbation .
Early surveyors may have garbled Irish place names, but they left us a wonderful legacy in accurately measuring the boundaries of townlands, civil parishes and baronies in Ireland. From 1824 surveyors in the Ordnance Survey worked from measurements taken in the Down Survey (1654-56).
Mar 14, 2021 · Medieval Grimsby did not have town walls. It was too small and was protected by the marshy land around it. However, the town did have a ditch. (The street name ‘gate’ does not mean a gate in a wall. It is a corruption of the Danish word ‘gata’ meaning street. Deansgate was Danes gata or street). However, in the 15th century, The Haven ...
The vast majority of Ireland’s geographical names are of Irish language in origin; others derive from English, while a small but significant number derive from Old Norse. Most Irish-origin place names occur in English
Feb 12, 2018 · People from Grimsby are officially called “Grimbarians,” but their unofficial nickname is “codheads,” a reference to the town’s fishing history and now usually applied (unflatteringly) to their football fans.
Jan 28, 2024 · 9 How did Grimsby get its name (and how old is it)? Despite all the jokes about it being grim in Grimsby, the name is actually rooted in Viking Britain.
