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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.
A proposal to erect the statue in Grantham was made in 2018 by the Grantham Community Heritage Association (GCHA), which runs the Grantham Museum, and approval was given in February 2019 by South Kesteven District Council. Funding was provided through a local appeal and contributions from a charity, the Public Memorials Appeal. [9] [10] [11]
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
Lincolnshire Police have launched an investigation after a statue of Margaret Thatcher's severed head on a spike appeared in Grantham. The sculpture was discovered atop a plinth reserved for a £ ...
Woolsthorpe Manor in Woolsthorpe-by-Colsterworth, near Grantham, Lincolnshire, England, is the birthplace of Sir Isaac Newton and his family home. The orchard in the grounds is home to the famous Newton apple tree. A Grade I listed building, [1] it is now owned by the National Trust and open to the public.
A hoard of Roman coins was found in 1916, dated between CE 296 and CE 305. The coins are held in Grantham museum. [3] The village is listed in the 1086 Domesday Book as "Staintone", with 28 households, 80 acres (0.3 km 2) of meadow, and two mills. [4] Market Stainton Hall
Grantham Radio Station, owned by NATS (En Route) Limited, for radio navigation for aircraft, and is situated in the north of Waltham near the Sproxton parish boundary. Grantham's local newspaper, the Grantham Journal, [158] first went on sale in 1854 as The Grantham Journal of Useful, Instructive and Entertaining Knowledge and Monthly ...
After this, the next royal to visit was Charles I who stayed on 17 May 1633 to receive homage from the alderman of Grantham at the time, Henry Ferman. [ 6 ] [ 8 ] [ 13 ] Oliver Cromwell , fighting against Charles, quartered troops at The Angel in 1643 during the English Civil War , after a successful battle near Grantham.