Grimsby
or GREAT GRIMSBY, a parliamentary and municipal borough and seaport of Lincolnshire; on the right bank of the Humber, 20 miles E. S. E. of Hull and 41 N. E. of Lincoln. The parish church, a good cruciform edifice in the Early English style, was restored in 1859. A statue of the prince consort was unveiled in 1879, and a public park of 27 acres opened in 1883. The town is the largest fishing port in Great Britain, being mostly engaged in the cod, herring, and whelk fisheries. The industries include shipbuilding, tanning, brewing, cordage-making, and flax-dressing. Pop. about 78,813.
GRINDELWALD (-vält), one of the most beautiful valleys (3,468 feet) of the Bernese Oberland in Switzerland, about 12½ miles long and 4 broad; it forms the approach to the two Grindelwald glaciers; it is recommended as a winter health resort.