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Grimshaw.

A hamlet in Eccleshill civil parish, Blackburn with Darwen borough, Lancashire, England (OS grid ref SD7024).

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  1. A hamlet in Eccleshill civil parish, Blackburn with Darwen borough, Lancashire, England (OS grid ref SD7024).

    countable · uncountable
  2. A habitational surname.

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  3. A male given name transferred from the surname.

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  4. A town in the Municipal District of Peace No. 135, Alberta, Canada.

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Where this word comes from

From Old Norse Grímr and Old English sċeaga (“shaw”), equivalent to Grim + -s- + shaw.

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Last enriched 2026-09-10. Definitions are in English. Romanizations are shown when supplied by the source; syllable estimates are omitted for unsupported scripts.