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GRANTHAM , a municipal and See also:parliamentary See also:- BOROUGH (A.S. nominative burh, dative byrig, which produces some of the place-names ending in bury, a sheltered or fortified place, the camp of refuge of a tribe, the stronghold of a chieftain; cf. Ger. Burg, Fr. bor, bore, bourg)
- BOROUGH [BURROUGH, BURROWE, BORROWS], STEVEN (1525–1584)
borough of See also:Lincolnshire, See also:England; situated in a pleasant undulating See also:country on the See also:river See also:Witham. Pop. (1901) 17,593. It is an important junction of the See also:Great See also:Northern railway, 105 M. N. by W. from See also:London, with See also:branch lines to See also:Nottingham, See also:Lincoln and See also:Boston; while there is communication with Nottingham and the See also:Trent by the Grantham See also:canal. The See also:parish See also:- CHURCH
- CHURCH (according to most authorities derived from the Gr. Kvpcaxov [&wµa], " the Lord's [house]," and common to many Teutonic, Slavonic and other languages under various forms—Scottish kirk, Ger. Kirche, Swed. kirka, Dan. kirke, Russ. tserkov, Buig. cerk
- CHURCH, FREDERICK EDWIN (1826-1900)
- CHURCH, GEORGE EARL (1835–1910)
- CHURCH, RICHARD WILLIAM (1815–189o)
- CHURCH, SIR RICHARD (1784–1873)
church of St Wulfram is a splendid See also:building, exhibiting all the See also:Gothic styles, but mainly See also:Early See also:English and Decorated. The massive and ornate western See also:tower and See also:spire, about 28o ft. in height, are of early Decorated workmanship. There is a See also:double Decorated See also:crypt beneath the See also:lady See also:chapel. The See also:north and See also:south porches are See also:fine examples of a later See also:period of the same See also:style. The delicately carved See also:font is noteworthy. Two See also:libraries, respectively of the 16th and 17th centuries, are preserved in the church. At the See also:- KING
- KING (O. Eng. cyning, abbreviated into cyng, cing; cf. O. H. G. chun- kuning, chun- kunig, M.H.G. kiinic, kiinec, kiinc, Mod. Ger. Konig, O. Norse konungr, kongr, Swed. konung, kung)
- KING [OF OCKHAM], PETER KING, 1ST BARON (1669-1734)
- KING, CHARLES WILLIAM (1818-1888)
- KING, CLARENCE (1842–1901)
- KING, EDWARD (1612–1637)
- KING, EDWARD (1829–1910)
- KING, HENRY (1591-1669)
- KING, RUFUS (1755–1827)
- KING, THOMAS (1730–1805)
- KING, WILLIAM (1650-1729)
- KING, WILLIAM (1663–1712)
King See also:Edward VI. See also:grammar school See also:Sir See also:Isaac See also:Newton received See also:part of his See also:education. A See also:bronze statue commemorates him. The See also:late Perpendicular building is picturesque, and the school was greatly enlarged in 1904. The See also:Angel Hotel is a hostelry of the 15th See also:century, with a gateway of earlier date. A conduit dating from 1597 stands in the wide See also:market-See also:place. See also:Modern public buildings are a gild See also:- HALL
- HALL (generally known as SCHWABISCH-HALL, tc distinguish it from the small town of Hall in Tirol and Bad-Hall, a health resort in Upper Austria)
- HALL (O.E. heall, a common Teutonic word, cf. Ger. Halle)
- HALL, BASIL (1788-1844)
- HALL, CARL CHRISTIAN (1812–1888)
- HALL, CHARLES FRANCIS (1821-1871)
- HALL, CHRISTOPHER NEWMAN (1816—19oz)
- HALL, EDWARD (c. 1498-1547)
- HALL, FITZEDWARD (1825-1901)
- HALL, ISAAC HOLLISTER (1837-1896)
- HALL, JAMES (1793–1868)
- HALL, JAMES (1811–1898)
- HALL, JOSEPH (1574-1656)
- HALL, MARSHALL (1790-1857)
- HALL, ROBERT (1764-1831)
- HALL, SAMUEL CARTER (5800-5889)
- HALL, SIR JAMES (1761-1832)
- HALL, WILLIAM EDWARD (1835-1894)
hall, See also:exchange hall, and several churches and chapels. The See also:Queen See also:Victoria Memorial See also:home for nurses was erected in 1902-1903. The See also:chief See also:industries are malting and the manufacture of agricultural implements. Grantham returns one member to See also:parliament. The borough falls within the S. Kesteven or See also:Stamford divisicn of the See also:county. Grantham was created a See also:suffragan bishopric in the See also:diocese of Lincoln in 1905. The municipal borough is under a See also:mayor, 4 aldermen and 12 councillors. See also:Area, 1726 acres.
Although there is no See also:authentic See also:evidence of See also:Roman occupation, Grantham (See also:Graham, Granham in Domesday See also:Book) from its situation on the See also:Ermine See also:Street, is supposed to have been a Roman station. It was possibly a borough in the Saxon period, and by the See also:- TIME (0. Eng. Lima, cf. Icel. timi, Swed. timme, hour, Dan. time; from the root also seen in " tide," properly the time of between the flow and ebb of the sea, cf. O. Eng. getidan, to happen, " even-tide," &c.; it is not directly related to Lat. tempus)
- TIME, MEASUREMENT OF
- TIME, STANDARD
time of the Domesday Survey it was a royal borough with 111 burgesses. Charters of liberties existing now only in the See also:confirmation See also:charter of 1397 were granted by various See also:kings. From the first the See also:town was governed by a See also:bailiff appointed by the See also:lord of the See also:manor, but by the end of the 14th century the See also:- OFFICE (from Lat. officium, " duty," " service," a shortened form of opifacium, from facere, " to do," and either the stem of opes, " wealth," " aid," or opus, " work ")
office of See also:alderman had come into existence. Finally See also:government under a mayor and alderman was granted by Edward IV. in 1463, and Grantham became a corporate town. Among later charters, that of See also:- JAMES
- JAMES (Gr. 'IlrKw,l3or, the Heb. Ya`akob or Jacob)
- JAMES (JAMES FRANCIS EDWARD STUART) (1688-1766)
- JAMES, 2ND EARL OF DOUGLAS AND MAR(c. 1358–1388)
- JAMES, DAVID (1839-1893)
- JAMES, EPISTLE OF
- JAMES, GEORGE PAYNE RAINSFOP
- JAMES, HENRY (1843— )
- JAMES, JOHN ANGELL (1785-1859)
- JAMES, THOMAS (c. 1573–1629)
- JAMES, WILLIAM (1842–1910)
- JAMES, WILLIAM (d. 1827)
James II., given in 1685, changed the See also:title to that of government by a mayor and 6 aldermen, but this was afterwards reversed and the old See also:- ORDER
- ORDER (through Fr. ordre, for earlier ordene, from Lat. ordo, ordinis, rank, service, arrangement; the ultimate source is generally taken to be the root seen in Lat. oriri, rise, arise, begin; cf. " origin ")
- ORDER, HOLY
order resumed. Grantham was first represented in parliament in 1467, and returned two members; but by the Redistribution See also:Act of 1885 the number was reduced to one. See also:Richard III. in 1483 granted a Wednesday market and two fairs yearly, namely on the feast of St See also:Nicholas the See also:Bishop, and the two following days, and on See also:Passion See also:Sunday and the See also:day following. At the See also:present day the market is held on Saturday, and fairs are held on the See also:Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday following the fifth Sunday in See also:- LENT (0. Eng. lenclen, " spring," M. Eng. lenten, lente, lent; cf. Dut. lente, Ger. Lenz, " spring," 0. H. Ger. lenzin, lengizin, lenzo, probably from the same root as " long " and referring to " the lengthening days ")
Lent; a See also:cherry See also:fair on the iith of See also:July and two stock fairs on the 26th of See also:October and the 17th of See also:December.
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