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1857 Clarke window by Wailes of Newcastle
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This window is on the west front. It was storm-damaged in 1979 and refurbished by the Griffin family and shows the Nativity in plain glass, by John Hayward.
1852 | Charles Bradley memorial window More info | |||
1853 | Richard Bradley & family memorial window More info | |||
1856 | -1874 | George Maddison M.A., Vicar | ||
1857 | Clarke window by Wailes of Newcastle More info | |||
1863 | -1867 | George Gilbert Scott was commissioned to restore the church More info | ||
1867 | Joseph Wyles memorial window by Clayton & Bell More info | |||
1868 | Abolition of the compulsory church rate | |||
1874 | -1879 | Jacob Clements M.A., Vicar More info | ||
1874 | -1875 | Rev George Maddison Memorial Window by Clayton & Bell More info | ||
1875 | Window in memory of Mrs Elizabeth Bradley. More info | |||
1876 | New clock put in the tower, by Gillett & Bland of Croydon | |||
1877 | Restoration of the North Porch More info | |||
1877 | Quarter jacks to the new clock first used | |||
1878 | Rev William Glaister, Curate of Grantham, writes "The Life and Times of St Wulfram, Bishop & Missionary" More info | |||
1879 | -1883 | Cecil Edward Fisher M.A., Vicar | ||
1880 | William & Sarah King memorial window | |||
1881 | South Porch restored | |||
1881 | -1883 | Stained Glass window at East End and Reredos installed More info | ||
1883 | -1905 | William Glaister M.A., Vicar | ||
1883 | -1884 | Spire was struck by lightning and top 20ft rebuilt with copper lightning conductor and restored weather vane |
1850 | The first railway was built in Grantham, duplicating the route of the canal, to the detriment of the canal | |||
1852 | Grantham linked to London and Edinburgh by rail | |||
1858 | The Isaac Newton statue was made from Crimean War cannon | |||
1866 | The Angel became the Angel and Royal More info | |||
1869 | Guildhall on St Peter's Hill built | |||
1875 | The first Grantham Carnival More info | |||
1875 | Bridge End Wesleyan Chapel | |||
1879 | The Extension Act passed, allowing the town to increase in size More info | |||
1880 | St Saviour's Mission Church | |||
1884 | St Anne's Iron Church, the 'Tin Tabernacle', New Somerby | |||
1884 | The market cross was taken down and replaced by a granite obelisk More info | |||
1892 | Statue of Frederick James Tollemache unveiled on St Peter's Hill More info | |||
1896 | Salvation Army Citadel built on London Road |
1899 | -1902 | Boer War between England and the Boers in South Africa | ||
1900 | Foundation of the British Labour Party |