The British School in Grantham opened its doors in 1835.
The first census of 1841 shows Rev William Potchett as the vicar of Grantham, living at the vicarage.
Number 6 Vine Street is now occupied by Needles and Pins dressmaking shop.
The older picture of the mid-Lent fair was painted about 1820, probably by Manuel Immanuel.
Secker House was situated immediately to the south of the Angel Inn.
After the visitor has admired the soaring tower and spire of St Wulfram’s Church, on entering, as with most of our parish churches, it is the windows with their coloured glass that catch the eye.
Grantham racecourse was an important course in the racing calendar.
During the Interregnum, when Cromwell and Parliament ran the country, an Act of 16 July 1649 was passed, ordering the sale of the lands of Charles I, Queen Henrietta Maria and Prince Charles.
The way that we celebrate Christmas today with Christmas trees, Christmas cake, Christmas cards and Christmas crackers derives from the Victorian era.
The Song of a School Boy at Christmas is dated around 1500, and is partly English and partly Latin.
A chantry was a monetary trust fund established for the purpose of employing one or more Catholic priests to sing a stipulated number of masses during a defined period of time for the spiritual benefit of a deceased person, generally the donor.
The discovery of gunpowder was thought to have been made around 2,000 years ago in China, when a cook accidentally mixed together three common ingredients, saltpetre, sulphur and charcoal.
William Stukeley was born on 7 November 1687 in Holbeach, to John Stukeley, an attorney, and his wife Frances. They had three further sons and a daughter. From the age of five, William attended Holbeach Free School, until he was thirteen, leaving to become an apprentice at his father’s law firm.
Hugh Henry Quilter was born in 1872.
Thomas Hurst was born in Barrowby in 1598, son of Richard and Alice Hurst.
Arthur Hall, born in 1539, was the son of Francis Hall, and grandson of Thomas Hall, prosperous merchants of the Staple of Calais.
In 1829 the Presbytery was built as a private house for Samuel Hand, a Grantham grocer on the corner of North Parade and the road to Nottingham.
Ellys Manor House is located adjacent to the church of the Holy Cross in Great Ponton, just off the A1, four miles south of Grantham.
John Still was born in Grantham in about 1543. He attended Grantham Grammar School before becoming a student at Christ’s College, Cambridge, where he graduated with a BA in 1562, MA in 1565, and DD degree in 1575.
Arthur Newton Christian Treadgold was born in Great Gonerby in 1863 to Thomas George Treadgold and Lydia Newton.
