Lincolnshire Folk Tales Project

The Grimsby Imp

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A less famous counterpart to the Lincoln Imp, who according to legend caused mayhem in Lincoln Cathedral and was subsequently turned to stone. The Grimsby Imp is his supposed companion, who escaped and fled to Grimsby Minster in order to wreak further havoc, at which point he was spanked by an angel and then also was turned to stone. He can be found at the top of a column supporting the bell tower.

We hope to snap an image of this mischievous grotesque when we are next in Grimsby. In the meantime, you can see him ob the Atlas Obscura website here.

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● About the project

‘Lincolnshire Folk Tales: Origins, Legacies, Connections, Futures’ is a project funded by the Arts and Humanities Research Council (grant number AH/Y003225/1), and is led by Dr Rory Waterman and the Research Fellow Dr Anna Milon in the School of Arts and Humanities at Nottingham Trent University. The project explores the origins, legacies, intertextual and social connections and futures of Lincolnshire folk tales (LFTs), and is intended to facilitate wider engagement with this heritage from writers, the general public, and scholars.

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