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| Grindon | |
|---|---|
| Village | |
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  Grindon Location within County Durham | |
| Population | 2,603 [1] |
| OS grid reference | NZ 39923 24791 |
| Civil parish | |
| Unitary authority | |
| Ceremonial county | |
| Region | |
| Country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | Billingham |
| Postcode district | TS22 |
| Police | Cleveland |
| Fire | Cleveland |
| Ambulance | North East |
| UK Parliament | |
Grindon is a village and former civil parish, now in the parish of Grindon and Thorpe Thewles, in the Stockton-on-Tees district, in the ceremonial county of Durham, England. The civil parish population at the census 2001 was 2,603 reducing to 2,484 at the 2011 Census.[2] In the 2021 census, the population of Grindon and Thorpe Thewles parish, now no longer including Wynyard, was 940.[3] It is situated between Sedgefield and Stockton-on-Tees, near to Thorpe Thewles and Thorpe Larches.
The place name of "Grindon" is derived from the word 'dun', which meant hill. Grindon is situated in the Upland Fells, formed of Carboniferous millstone grit. "The alternating strata of harder and softer rocks give a stepped profile to many dale sides and distinctive flat-topped summits to the higher fells."[4]
- ^ "National Statistics". Parish Profile – People. Retrieved 7 March 2012.
- ^ "Civil Parish population 2011". Retrieved 2 February 2016.
- ^ "Nomis - Official Census and Labour Market Statistics". Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 24 July 2024.
- ^ "The Durham landscape" (PDF). Physical influences. durham.gov.uk. Archived from the original (PDF) on 13 August 2011. Retrieved 19 April 2012.