Grantham's name is first attested in the Domesday Book (1086); its origin is not known with certainty. The ending -hām is Old English and … See more

Origins
The local historian Michael Honeybone has "no doubt that the town of Grantham was established during [Anglo-]Saxon times"; its name suggests it emerged in the earliest phase of Anglo-Saxon settlement, … See more

The food industry, together with Grantham Hospital, is currently the largest Grantham employer. Poultry production company Moy Park (formerly … See more

Grantham is a town in the South Kesteven district of Lincolnshire, a non-metropolitan county in the East Midlands of England. Until 1974 it was a borough, but it is now unparished and … See more

Much of Grantham's early archaeology lies buried beneath the modern town, making it "difficult to unravel". Early prehistoric hunter-gatherers visited the area. Scattered Stone Age … See more

19th and 20th centuries
The Lincoln Theatre Company of actors took a 21-year lease on the theatre in 1800. Westgate Hall, which was commissioned as the local corn exchange, was completed in 1852.
The town … See more

Ethnicity and religion
According to the 2011 census, Grantham's population was 96.3% white; 2.0% Asian or See more