Grindon, Sunderland

Grindon, Sunderland

Infobox UK place
official_name= Grindon
country= England
region= North East England
map_type= Tyne and Wear
population= 10,000
latitude= 54.889
longitude= -1.442
post_town= SUNDERLAND
postcode_area= SR
postcode_district= SR4
constituency_westminster= Sunderland South
metropolitan_borough= City of Sunderland
metropolitan_county= Tyne and Wear

Grindon is a suburb of Sunderland, Tyne and Wear, in the United Kingdom.

Grindon means "Great Place", from Old English "garle" and "dun" "hill". The name was recorded as "Greneduun" in 1156.
The change from Gren- to Grin- may have been influenced by Old English "griot" or Old Norse "griōr" "grit, gravel".

Located two to three miles to the west of the city centre along "Chester Road", Grindon is a densely-populated area of Sunderland. It includes a wide-variety of housing, from modern, newly-built estates to massive post-war housing projects, built to house people whose homes were bombed during World War II.

In 2004 the electoral ward of Grindon was changed to include Thorney Close and is now known as the Sandhill Ward, a primarily labour controlled ward.


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