"of Grantham Screenwriter Julian Fellowes used the title, Earl of Grantham — although as a new fictional creation in the Peerage of Great Britain — for one of the main characters, Robert Crawley, in his 2010 ITV1 period drama ""Downton Abbey"". Earl of Grantham Earl of Grantham was a title in the Peerage of England created once on 24 December 1698, along with the titles Viscount Boston, of Boston in the County of Lincoln, and Baron Alford, of Alford in the County of Lincoln, for Henry de Nassau d'Auverquerque. The titles were created with a special remainder, failing heirs male"
"important guests during this period include Cardinal Wolsey and Margaret Tudor, Queen of Scots. The property is also reputed to haunted by several former residents. Grantham House Grantham House is a town house, built in 1380, which is owned by the National Trust. It is located in Grantham, Lincolnshire, England. The House is situated in Castlegate and its architectural features have been enhanced and remodelled several times over the centuries and include a 16th-century chimney stack, 17th century windows and an 18th-century staircase. The House and the Stables are both Grade I listed buildings and the Wall and Doorway for"
"Grantham Grantham ( ) is a town in the South Kesteven district of Lincolnshire, England. It straddles the London–Edinburgh East Coast Main Line and the River Witham and is bounded to the west by the A1 north–south trunk road. Grantham lies about south of the county town, the City of Lincoln and about east of Nottingham. The population in 2016 was put at 44,580 Grantham was the birthplace of the UK Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher. Isaac Newton was educated at its King's School, while Thomas Paine worked there as an excise officer in the 1790s. Grantham-born Edith Smith became the"
"Age ingot and a rapier were found. There are also several ring ditches on the higher ground above Saltersford. According to the ""Chronicles"" of Raphael Holinshed, Gorbonianus, a legendary King of the Britons built Grantham between 292 and 282 BC. The ""Domesday"" account notes Queen Edith having 12 carucates to the geld, with no arable land outside the village. She had a hall, two carucates and land for three ploughs without geld, and 111 burgesses. Ivo had one church and four mills rendering 12 shillings, and eight acres of meadow without geld. The lands of Bishop Osmond were described: ""In"
"and/or ""FitzNovia"". The Langham Estate website states it holds a """"1.3 million sq feet"" (29 acres) mixed portfolio of office, showroom, retail, restaurant, bar, residential and storage"" property. A neighbourhood plan is being developed for Fitzrovia by locals in consultation with stakeholders, the Langham Estate and other landholders, local businesses and residents. Langham Estate The Langham Estate is a property estate in Fitzrovia, London, and is owned by the Mount Eden Land Limited (Guernsey). The company controls 14 acres of real estate in the center of London. The Langham Estate originates from an entity first established in 1925 to manage"
"played for the England squad. In 1993 and 1994 international team matches were held in Grantham, at the South Kesteven Table Tennis Centre, which was opened in January 1992 by Johnny Leach. Grantham College have a Table Tennis Academy. Grantham Grantham ( ) is a town in the South Kesteven district of Lincolnshire, England. It straddles the London–Edinburgh East Coast Main Line and the River Witham and is bounded to the west by the A1 north–south trunk road. Grantham lies about south of the county town, the City of Lincoln and about east of Nottingham. The population in 2016 was"
"was appointed Commissioner for forfeited estates following the Jacobite rebellion. He received a salary of £1,000 a year but was absent from the role for two years and in the third year was fined for non-attendance. He was defeated at the poll in the 1722 general election. Grantham died on 28 January 1723. Richard Grantham Richard Grantham (1677–1723), of Gotho Hall, Lincolnshire, was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons between 1710 and 1722. Grantham was the eldest surviving son of Vincent Grantham of Goltho Hall, Lincolnshire, and his wife Margaret Fanshaw, daughter of Sir Richard Fanshaw"
"MP for Lincoln again in 1625, 1626 and 1628 when he sat until 1629, after which time King Charles I decided to rule without parliament for eleven years. Grantham lived at Goltho, Lincolnshire where he died in 1630. Grantham firstly married Frances Puckering, the daughter of John Puckering; they had four sons and three daughters. He secondly married widow Lucy Sacheverall of Ratcliffe on Soar, Nottingham, daughter of William Boughton, with whom he had a further daughter, Ann. One son Thomas Grantham became MP for Grantham. Ann married into the Marrow dynasty of Berkswell, Warwick and her son was Samuel"
"Grantham House Grantham House is a town house, built in 1380, which is owned by the National Trust. It is located in Grantham, Lincolnshire, England. The House is situated in Castlegate and its architectural features have been enhanced and remodelled several times over the centuries and include a 16th-century chimney stack, 17th century windows and an 18th-century staircase. The House and the Stables are both Grade I listed buildings and the Wall and Doorway for the riverside garden is Grade II* listed. It was known as 'Hall House' in the 16th century after the Hall family who owned it and"
"Langham Estate The Langham Estate is a property estate in Fitzrovia, London, and is owned by the Mount Eden Land Limited (Guernsey). The company controls 14 acres of real estate in the center of London. The Langham Estate originates from an entity first established in 1925 to manage a holding of 40 acres of land purchased from the Howard de Walden Estate in central London. The properties, acquired for £3m and located in eastern Marylebone, then passed through various owners, including Sir John Ellerman's Audley Trust, before being acquired in 1994 by Guernsey-based Mount Eden Land Ltd for £51m. Under"
"Cathedral Treasury. The Grantham family were an important and long established family in the parish, who occupied the prebendal house of St Martin's on the High Street. The family monuments were in the north aisle of the chancel of the church. Of these monuments, one was a particularly fine Renaissance monument to Sir Thomas Grantham ( died 1630) and his first wife Frances (Puckering)(died 1610). Sir Thomas was an M.P for Lincoln and Lincolnshire. This monument is now in the church of St Mary le Wigford, Lincoln. The tomb, which now lacks its canopy, is made from alabaster sourced from"
"of the region's villages, particularly towards the east. The Danes under Canute recaptured the area between about 1016 and 1035. The region's two main battles in the English Civil War were the Battle of Naseby in northern Northamptonshire on 14 June 1645, and the Battle of Winceby on 11 October 1643 in eastern Lincolnshire. Isaac Newton, born in Grantham in 1642, is perhaps the most prolific scientist. His accomplishments include calculus, Newton's laws of motion, and Newton's law of universal gravitation, among many others. There is a shopping centre named in his honour in Grantham. Thomas Simpson from Leicestershire is"
"is widely accepted locally, ""where the marigolds grow"", referred to in Henry Thorold's guide to the redundant St George's Church, Goltho. The remains of the early medieval village were excavated in the 1970s. A Saxon settlement on the site consisted of two houses; about 850 the site was fortified with the addition of a banked enclosure, and a hall was added. A motte-and-bailey castle was built at Goltho in around 1080. Goltho Hall was the ancestral seat of the Grantham family. Sir Thomas Grantham (1574–1630) was Sheriff of Lincoln in 1600 and MP for Lincolnshire from 1621 to 1622. He"
"Londonthorpe ... is land for two ploughs. This land belongs to the church of Grantham. In Spittlegate, St Wulfram of Grantham has half a carucate of land to the geld. In Great Gonerby, St Wulfram of Grantham has 1 carucate of land. There is land for twelve oxen."" On 4 December 1290, the funeral cortège of Eleanor of Castile, accompanied by her husband King Edward I, stopped at Grantham on its way from Lincoln to Westminster Abbey. An 'Eleanor Cross' was later erected in the town, although its precise location has not been identified. In 1363 ""The Castles, Manors and"
"Grantham, New Hampshire Grantham is a town in Sullivan County, New Hampshire, United States. The population was 2,985 at the 2010 census, up from 2,167 at the 2000 census, the greatest increase in population in Sullivan County over this time period. Incorporated in 1761, Grantham takes its name from Thomas Robinson, 1st Baron Grantham, Secretary of State for the Southern Department from March 1754 to October 1755. Prior to county division in 1827, Grantham was in Cheshire County. The families of Howe, Dunbar and Leavitt were all early Grantham settlers. All three families secured lands in Grantham as part of"
"Bransholme Bransholme is an area and a housing estate on the north side of Kingston upon Hull, England. The name Bransholme comes from an old Scandinavian word meaning Brand's water meadow (""brand"" or ""brandt"" meant 'wild boar'). The largely council owned estate is located in between Sutton-on-Hull to the east, Sutton Park to the south, and the new East Hull suburb of Kingswood to the west. It is surrounded by fields and 'A' Roads which largely isolate it from the rest of East Hull. There are two high, or secondary schools, Winifred Holtby Academy and Kingswood Academy, within the environs"
"Thomas Grantham (died 1558) Thomas Grantham (by 1525 – 15 October 1558) was an English politician. He was the only son of Vincent Grantham of Goltho and Lincoln and trained for the law in Lincoln's Inn. He was elected a Member (MP) of the Parliament of England for Lincoln in 1547. He was a justice of the peace (JP) for Lincolnshire (Kesteven and Lindsey) from 1554 to his death. He was an alderman for Lincoln from 1557, serving as Mayor of Lincoln for 1557–8. He married Mary, the daughter and coheiress of Sir John Dunham of Kirklington, Nottinghamshire, with whom"
"totalling to 190 hectares or 470 acres, nearly three-quarters of the entire estate. Attingham Park Attingham Park is an English country house and estate in Shropshire. Located near the village of Atcham, on the B4380 Shrewsbury to Wellington road. It is owned by the National Trust. It is a Grade I listed building. Attingham Park was built in 1785 for Noel Hill, 1st Baron Berwick, who received his title in 1784 during the premiership of Prime Minister William Pitt the Younger. Noel Hill was a politician who aided William Pitt in the restructuring of the East India Company. Noel Hill"
"Cottage, both grade II listed. Outlying settlements within the parish also have ancient buildings. Laverton has 8 listed buildings, and there is a 17th-century farmhouses at Leasow House, near Laverton and one dating to 1720 in Little Buckland. Sir Richard Gresham (1494–1549) was a successful merchant who in 1537 was elected Lord Mayor of London. He served as a commissioner under Henry VIII, Three years after being granted the manor of Buckland, one of his many properties, he died, and the estates passed to his son Sir Thomas Gresham. Thomas was even better than his father at accumulating wealth and"
"a dozen houses west of Manthorpe Road, with the village still separated from Grantham. During the 1950s and 1960s houses were built west of Manthorpe Road and on the side of the River Witham. In the 1960s Grantham became conjoined to the village after Manthorpe housing estate was built on the north side of the town. When the 6th Lord Brownlow died in 1978 further land became available, and most cottages in Manthorpe village were sold. The nearest schools are situated on the Manthorpe estate in Grantham. These are The Priory Ruskin Academy, (formerly the Central Technology & Sports College),"
"Richard Grantham Richard Grantham (1677–1723), of Gotho Hall, Lincolnshire, was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons between 1710 and 1722. Grantham was the eldest surviving son of Vincent Grantham of Goltho Hall, Lincolnshire, and his wife Margaret Fanshaw, daughter of Sir Richard Fanshaw of Ware Park, Hertfordshire. He was educated at Eton College in 1690. He married Elizabeth and had no children. Grantham was elected Member of Parliament for Lincoln at the 1710 general election, but was defeated in 1713. He was returned unopposed as MP for Lincoln at the 1715 general election and in 1716"
"invasion, being mentioned in the 1086 Domesday book. The original manor fell into disrepair in mediaeval times; another house known as Grant's Mansion was recorded on the site in 1790. The village was occupied until the late 1700s when the newly created Baron Berwick built Attingham and removed the village from his land. The title of Baron Berwick comes from the name of this village. Attingham, including Cronkhill, was the seat of the Barons Berwick until that title became extinct in 1953. On the death of Thomas Henry Noel-Hill, 8th Baron Berwick (1877–1947) who died childless, the Attingham Estate, comprising"
"he had 3 sons and 4 daughters. Thomas Grantham (died 1558) Thomas Grantham (by 1525 – 15 October 1558) was an English politician. He was the only son of Vincent Grantham of Goltho and Lincoln and trained for the law in Lincoln's Inn. He was elected a Member (MP) of the Parliament of England for Lincoln in 1547. He was a justice of the peace (JP) for Lincolnshire (Kesteven and Lindsey) from 1554 to his death. He was an alderman for Lincoln from 1557, serving as Mayor of Lincoln for 1557–8. He married Mary, the daughter and coheiress of Sir"
"in 1655 at the age of 42. Grantham married Dorothy Alford daughter of Sir William Alford. She had inherited Meaux Abbey. Thomas Grantham (Parliamentarian) Thomas Grantham (1612–1655) was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1640 to 1653. He fought on the Parliamentary side in the English Civil War. Grantham was the son of Sir Thomas Grantham and his wife Frances Puckering. He was baptised at Goltho, Lincolnshire on 5 November 1612. In April 1640, Grantham was elected Member of Parliament for Lincoln in the Short Parliament. He was re-elected MP for Lincoln for the Long"
"Sir John Ellerman, the holdings covered almost all Great Portland Street, and much of streets alongside it (including Hallam, Bolsover, Margaret and Great Titchfield Streets). Numerous holdings on Great Portland Street were sold off over the years. The Langham Estate operates in an area reputed for its media connections, restaurants, showrooms and art galleries. The Langham Estate was described in 2017 as being one of London's ""16 Great Estates"" with its footprint of 13.8 acres of central London property. Many of the entity's original properties are still held -- but only in the form of freehold with their long leases"
"of the defunct Co-operative department store in the town (in St Catherine's Road) was taken over by the Wetherspoons franchise and turned into a public house, The Tollemache. The constituency of Grantham was a pocket borough, whose elections were controlled by its landowners. There was no secret ballot, and voters were paid for casting their votes. Since the Restoration in 1660 these landowners had been Lord Brownlow and the Duke of Rutland, and their descendants. In 1802, William Manners owned nearly all of the houses, and pubs and inns, in the borough. The 1802 election was fiercely contested by Manners,"
"in 1969. The former site was officially opened on 23 September 1975 by Michael Foot MP. Random House was formed in 1987 from a combination of book companies, and in 1990 the site became known as Grantham Book Services. The company won an award in 1992 from the British Book Awards. Next door to GBS and a Gala Bingo is Cathodic Protection, who with BGB Innovation both won in 2009. The conference and hospitality industry are well represented in the Grantham area, with the Ramada Resort in Marston, the De Vere Belton Woods Hotel, the Urban Leisure Hotel (former Marriott)"
"a mixed-sex secondary school on Rushcliffe Road, and Cliffedale Primary School on Northcliffe Road. The ecclesiastical parish is the benefice of Grantham Manthorpe, of the Deanery of Grantham. The 2013 incumbent is the Revd Canon Chris Andrews. The nearest shop is a convenience store on the corner of Sandcliffe Road and Rushcliffe Road, on the Manthorpe estate. Closest supermarkets are in Grantham. Manthorpe has its own Residents' Association. Manthorpe, Grantham Manthorpe is a village in the South Kesteven district of Lincolnshire, England. It is on the northern edge of the town of Grantham and on the Grantham to Lincoln A607"
"William Grantham Sir William Grantham (23 October 1835 – 30 November 1911) was a British barrister, politician and judge. Sir William Grantham was born 23 October 1835 in Lewes, Sussex, England to George Grantham and Sarah Grantham (née Verrall). He was educated at King's College School, and was called to the bar in 1863, becoming a member of the Inner Temple. He was appointed Queen's Counsel in 1877. Grantham married Emma L Wilson on 15 February 1865 in Sussex, England. The couple had seven children: William Wilson Grantham, Emma Laura Grantham, Constance Grantham, Frederick Grantham, Gertrude Grantham, Maud Grantham and"
"and has been in Grantham since 1978; its new £6 million building, on the opposite side of the road, opened in November 2010. The building, designed by Atelier One and Max Fordham, has won several architectural awards. Wyndham Park has two children's play areas. There is an open air paddling pool, football pitch, skateboard park and cafe. Dysart Park has a paddling pool and safe play area for children under six, a green for football and a bandstand. Indoor amenities for children include a swimming pool at the Meres Leisure Centre. The public library is located in the Sir Isaac"
"Gravesend, take the A227 towards Wrotham. Pass through the village of Meopham and turn left into Green Lane and turn right into Camer Park Road. It has a free entry car park. Camer Park Country Park Camer Country Park is in Meopham, in Kent, England. It is a former estate landscape, with grassland and woodland. This park was originally the country estate of the Smith-Masters family. It was one of the largest estates in Meopham, where there had been a farmstead in the area since the 13th century. The estate reached its peak size in the 18th and 19th centuries"
"of eastern Grantham, particularly Alma Park Industrial Estate. During the 1930s the parish was a centre for the Land Settlement Association scheme, a social experiment where unemployed Durham and South Wales miners were offered specially built cottages with smallholdings of land and livestock, to encourage self-sufficiency. Londonthorpe Londonthorpe is a satellite village to the east of Grantham, in the civil parish of Londonthorpe and Harrowby Without, in South Kesteven district of Lincolnshire, England. It lies to the north-east from Grantham, to the west from the B6403 (Ermine Street Roman road), and borders Belton Park in the west. The village is"
"Manthorpe, Grantham Manthorpe is a village in the South Kesteven district of Lincolnshire, England. It is on the northern edge of the town of Grantham and on the Grantham to Lincoln A607 road, between the East Coast Main Line and the River Witham. The village is part of the civil parish of Belton and Manthorpe. Before the 19th century, Manthorpe parish was agricultural and known as Little Gonerby-cum-Manthorpe. The Grantham to Lincoln road followed what is now Low Road, across the river behind Swallow’s Mill, through Belton Park and along the old route to the Roman town of Ancaster on"