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Grantham Museum is located at St Peter's Hill, Grantham, Lincolnshire, England, in the building provided for it in 1926. The building also previously housed the public library, and was partly funded by the Carnegie UK Trust which was continuing Andrew Carnegie 's project of building libraries across the United Kingdom.
Grantham Museum: Grantham: South Kesteven: Local: Local history, culture, Sir Isaac Newton, Margaret Thatcher and the World War II raid Dambusters: Grimsby Fishing Heritage Centre: Grimsby: North East Lincolnshire: Maritime: Area 1950s fishing industry, also art exhibits Grimsby Town Hall Time Trap Museum: Grimsby: North East Lincolnshire: Prison
Normanton-on-Cliffe, sometimes known as Normanton, is a village and civil parish in the South Kesteven district of Lincolnshire, England. It lies on the A607 road, about 7 miles (11 km) north of the town of Grantham and 18 miles (29 km) south of Lincoln .
Denton Grade I listed Anglican parish church is dedicated to St Andrew.Restored in 1888, [14] it is mainly Perpendicular in style. [15] In the south aisle is a table-tomb with an effigy of John Blyth, his wife Margaret and his six children; a monument to Richard Welby (d. 1713) is in the north aisle.
The stretch of the A52 trunk road between Grantham and Nottingham bypasses the village. The nearest junction on the A1 between Grantham and Newark is at Foston, 3 miles (4.8 km) to the north. The Nottingham to Grantham railway line passes close to the village, and crosses Allington Road. Sedgebrook railway station closed in 1956.
The guildhall was the meeting place of Grantham Borough Council until 1974 when the enlarged South Kesteven District Council was formed and the guildhall ceased to be the local seat of government; after a period of disuse it was converted into an arts centre, to a design by Tim Benton, in 1991. [9]
The house was designed in the Gothic Revival style and built for the industrialist Richard Hornsby, who founded Richard Hornsby & Sons, an engine and machinery manufacturer, in 1868. [1]
Hanby is a hamlet in the South Kesteven district of Lincolnshire, England. It is situated between Lenton and Ropsley Heath, on the line of the Roman Road King Street. The nearest large town is Grantham 7 miles (11 km) to the north-west. Hanby is part of the civil parish of Lenton, Keisby and Osgodby.