Grosmont, North Yorkshire

Grosmont
View of Grosmont from the south
Grosmont is located in North Yorkshire
Grosmont
Grosmont
Location within North Yorkshire
Population318 (2011 census)[1]
OS grid referenceNZ828052
• London200 mi (320 km) S
Civil parish
  • Grosmont
Unitary authority
Ceremonial county
Region
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townWHITBY
Postcode districtYO22
Dialling code01947
PoliceNorth Yorkshire
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54°26′09″N 0°43′28″W / 54.435919°N 0.724534°W / 54.435919; -0.724534

Grosmont (/ˈɡrmɒnt/ GROH-mont; archaically spelt Growmond)[2] is a village and civil parish situated in Eskdale in the North York Moors National Park, within the boundaries of the Scarborough district of the county of North Yorkshire, England.

Grosmont Priory was established in the 12th century and closed during the dissolution of the monasteries in the 16th century. The village was established in the 1830s when the Whitby to Pickering Railway was built, and grew as a result of industrial iron ore extraction, and in the 1860s the development of an ironworks led to further growth. Up to at least the 1850s the village was known as Tunnel.

  1. ^ Cite error: The named reference 2011 census was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ Young 1817, p. 431.