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Grantham

The Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th ed. | 2011 | Copyright

Grantham , town (1991 pop. 30,700), in the Parts of Kesteven, Lincolnshire, E central England, on the Witham River. Grantham is an agricultural center and railroad junction. Mechanical engineering works produce diesel engines and road rollers. Landmarks include St. Wulfram's Church, with its 280-ft (85-m) steeple; Angel Inn, where in 1483 Richard III condemned the duke of Buckingham to death; a bronze statue (on St. Peter's Hill) of Sir Isaac Newton, who attended King's School in Grantham; and George Hotel, described by Dickens in Nicholas Nickleby. At Grantham in 1643, Oliver Cromwell won his first victory over the royalists.

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Grantham

Concise Dictionary of World Place-Names | 2005 | | Copyright

Grantham, UK, USA UK (England): ‘Granta's Village’ from an Old English personal name and hām, or ‘Gravel Village’ from a speculative Old English word grand ‘gravel’. This would have meant a village built on gravel.

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Grantham

A Dictionary of British Place-Names | 2003 | | Copyright

Grantham Lincs. Grantham 1086 (DB). Possibly ‘homestead or village of a man called *Granta’. OE pers. name + hām. Alternatively the first element may be OE *grand ‘gravel’.

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