Grindon is an ancient village mentioned in the Doomsday Book of 1086.
The origins of the name Grindon is more than likely to have come from the old English for Green Hill.
The All Saints church in Grindon was built in 1848.
In 1947, the crew of an RAF Halifax crashed on the moors trying to bring supplies to the village which was isolated due to the severe winter weather.
At the last election there were in the region of 180 people registered to vote in the Grindon Parish
