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1700 The Church was divided into East and West sections by glazed and panelled partitions
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The eastern part, used for services, was fitted with galleries and private pews were constructed as required. The western part was known as the Ante-Church and gradually lost its religious character and became a general shelter for vagrants. Tombs, memori
| 1700 | -1800 | The Church was divided into East and West sections by glazed and panelled partitions More info | ||
| 1701 | -1714 | Samuel Burnet, B.A., junior, Vicar of North Grantham | ||
| 1706 | Solomon Bequest More info | |||
| 1709 | Bishop of Lincoln confirmed 1,200 at one service | |||
| 1710 | -1736 | John Harrison, Vicar of South Grantham | ||
| 1714 | The Vicarages were united 22 July 1714, John Harrison became the sole incumbent | |||
| 1736 | -1786 | Richard Easton, Vicar | ||
| 1736 | The screen, with a 3 manual organ ,was erected More info | |||
| 1736 | Sarah Ellys paid for galleries to be built along the north wall "for batchelors to sit in." |
| 1701 | Act of Settlement provides for Protestant Succession of the House of Hanover | |||
| 1702 | The first newspaper - The Daily Courant | |||
| 1702 | -1714 | Anne became Queen | ||
| 1704 | -1800 | England starts to acquire colonies as a result of wars and exploration More info | ||
| 1707 | Act of Union united England and Scotland | |||
| 1714 | -1725 | King George I: House of Hanover | ||
| 1715 | Unsuccessful Jacobite Rising under the 'Old Pretender' James Stuart | |||
| 1721 | -1742 | Sir Robert Walpole, first Prime Minister | ||
| 1725 | -1760 | King George II | ||
| 1736 | Abolition of crime of witchcraft | |||
| 1738 | Charles Wesley founded the Methodists More info | |||
| 1745 | Failure of last Jacobite Rebellion under 'Bonny Prince Charlie' |
| Anne | Crowned | 1702 | Died | 1714 | 1707 Act of Union to create Great Britain | Stuart |
| George I | Crowned | 1714 | Died | 1727 | 1720 South Sea Bubble | Hanover |
| George II | Crowned | 1727 | Died | 1760 | 1745 Bonny Prince Charlie invades England | Hanover |
