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Another private primary school is Dudley House School. Grantham House is to the east of the church, and a National Trust property. Grantham has the country's only "living" public house sign: a beehive of South African bees situated outside the Beehive Inn since Mary Allen and Ellen F.

Harburn reported for duty on 27 November She helped to set up women's police forces in other countries, including Germany. Edith Smith became the first female with powers of arrest in August The first person with the title was Dudley Ryder, 1st Earl of Harrowby ; a road is also named after him. He purchased Harrowby Hall in The current incumbent is Dudley Ryder, 8th Earl of Harrowby. The building is one of probably only four remaining Tudor buildings in the town and is a survivor of the disastrous fires of the s.

It was first mentioned as an inn in a trade directory of , when the landlord was one Richard Summersby. The property was then owned by the Manners family giving the derivation of Blue in the name. Many of the town's property and industrial estates have been owned by Buckminster Trust Estates since the time of the Earl of Dysart.

The JobCentre, when it was opened on 24 June by Joe Godber, was the first of around labour exchanges run by the Employment Service Agency , with soft chairs and carpets. The maternity unit, which opened in August , is now a midwife-staffed unit. Much of the property and land to the south-west of the area is owned by the two estates of Belvoir and Buckminster.

The club was founded in and currently plays in the 7,capacity covered 1,, seats South Kesteven Sports Stadium although average attendances are well below capacity. Kesteven Rugby Club plays at Woodnook, off the B Grantham Hockey Club, which fielded men's and women's team in league hockey, played at the Meres Leisure Centre, on an astro-turf pitch once situated directly behind the football stadium.

Their story is documented in 1, Days Later , the title a reference to a no-win spell between and Grantham bowls players have represented the indoor and outdoor clubs within county and national competitions. Grantham College have a Table Tennis Academy. Bishop John Still , effigy in Wells Cathedral. Olympic gold medal winning tennis player Charles P. Familypedia Explore. Create or edit article. Improve article; tree, bdm, etc Form:Person Semi-manual method Advanced form rarely used.

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The Houblon Arms Pub , Restaurant. The Houblon Arms is a delightful stone built coaching house in the Lincolnshire village of Oasby. The original building dates The Recruiting Sergeant Pub. Located in the small village of Great Gonerby, on the B just outside the historic town of Grantham. At The The Fox and Hounds is a brilliant country side pub in a lovely little village. We are an excellent destination The Thorold at Marston Cafe , Pub.

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Hurst served as a chaplain to King Charles I and was deprived of his livings for his Royalist connections after Parliament's victory in the Civil War. He was declared a freeman of the borough for his aid to the people of Grantham during an outbreak of the plague in , and left money in his will for almshouses in Grantham and his native Barrowby.

Grantham is also known as the birthplace and childhood home of Margaret Thatcher, the UK's first female Prime Minister. Thatcher was born in the flat above her father's shop at the south-eastern corner of North Parade the B at its junction with the A The birthplace is not signposted, but there is a plaque on the first floor exterior of the building. It is almost directly opposite the Roman Catholic Church of St Mary the Immaculate and about a 5-minute walk from the market place.

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Grantham market place. Grantham is a large market town in southwestern Lincolnshire, situated on the River Witham.