| Grindon | |
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Grindon shown within Tyne and Wear |
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| Population | 10,000 |
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| Metropolitan borough | City of Sunderland |
| Metropolitan county | Tyne and Wear |
| Region | North East |
| Constituent country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | SUNDERLAND |
| Postcode district | SR4 |
| Police | Northumbria |
| Fire | Tyne and Wear |
| Ambulance | North East |
| European Parliament | North East England |
| UK Parliament | Sunderland South |
| List of places: UK • England • Tyne and Wear | |
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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". Old Norse is the North Germanic language that was spoken by inhabitants of Scandinavia and inhabitants of their overseas settlements during the Viking Age Gravel is rock that is of a specific Particle size range In Geology, gravel is any loose rock that is larger than two millimeters (2mm
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. World War II, or the Second World War, (often abbreviated WWII) was a global military conflict which involved a majority of the world's nations, including
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.