Book Description

An impressively researched but very readable history of the ancient township of Grimsargh which is sure to find pride of place on many a local bookshelf. comprehensively as in this carefully written book. The task of researching and writing such a detailed history was a huge one and the author was fired by his fascination with his local area and inspired in part by much-loved Grimsargh resident Nellie Carbis, whose books on the village were invaluable in his research. What started out as a brief overview has turned into an impressively researched volume which is sure to find pride of place on many a local bookshelf. the settlement changed and developed with the Roman invasions and Viking raids. He tells of the village's Scandinavian origins, going on to look at life in the medieval period, when Grimsargh earned its place in the Domesday Book. The village grew and altered during the Middle Ages and for a single day in the middle of the seventeenth century took pride of place at the very centre of English history, when Oliver Cromwell's Roundhead army passed through on its way to defeat the massed Royalist armies under the Duke of Hamilton at the Battle of Preston on 17 August 1648, a battle that literally changed the course of national history. Early skirmishing alomst certainly took place in the village as Cromwell bore down on the Royalists near Ribbleton. right up to the present day. Much growth and development have taken place over the past two hundred years, but David Hindle does not only concentrate on the physical development of the village: he tells the people's story in a vibrant and affectionate manner.