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Grimsby is a seaport on the Humber Estuary in the ceremonial county of Lincolnshire, England. It has been the administrative centre of the unitary authority area of North East Lincolnshire since 1996.

The town was previously titled "Great Grimsby" to distinguish it from Little Grimsby, a village about 14 miles (22 km) to the south, near Louth. People from Grimsby are called Grimbarians.

The town has a population of 87,574. It is physically linked to and forms a conurbation with the adjoining town of Cleethorpes. Eleven thousand of its residents live in the village of Scartho, which was absorbed into Grimsby before laws on the green belt were passed. All three areas come under the jurisdiction of the same unitary authority, North East Lincolnshire. It is close to the main terminus of the A180, which ends in Cleethorpes. 22 January is Great Grimsby Day.

The River Freshney rises to the west of the town, towards the A46. The A46 terminates near Grimsby in Cleethorpes at the junction with the A16 just north of Oasis Academy Wintringham.

In Domesday, Gimesbi. There are many vilages in the area starting with "Grim" so it is possible that they all came under the control of someone called Grim. Grim was also a pseudonim for the Norse god Odin so that possibility also exists. Odin was also known to the Algles as Woden which is where we get "Woden's Day" (Wednesday).