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1780 George Hotel built in High Street
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The George was a famous coaching inn and Dickens mentioned it in his novel Nicholas Nickleby. It is now the George Shopping Centre.
| 1752 | The bells were re-cast and re-hung on a raised frame. More info | |||
| 1781 | Society of Change Ringers of St Wulfram's Formed | |||
| 1786 | -1792 | George Barrington, M.A., Vicar | ||
| 1792 | -1817 | Thomas Easton, M.A., Vicar | ||
| 1795 | The pulpit was moved to the middle of the church | |||
| 1797 | The first lightning conductor was fitted to the spire after lightning struck and shattered it |
| 1770 | -1776 | Methodism starts in Grantham | ||
| 1780 | George Hotel built in High Street More info | |||
| 1788 | The town's first fire engine | |||
| 1789 | The Rectory was built by local builder John Langwith | |||
| 1790 | Grantham-Nottingham canal developed |
| 1752 | Franklin makes discoveries in electricity | |||
| 1758 | Threshing machine invented | |||
| 1760 | -1780 | Start of the Industrial Revolution | ||
| 1760 | -1820 | King George III | ||
| 1764 | Jesuits expelled from France | |||
| 1767 | -1769 | Spinning jenny invented by Hargreaves; spinning frame by Arkwright paved way for Industrial Revolution | ||
| 1775 | -1783 | American War of Independence | ||
| 1775 | Watt invents the steam engine | |||
| 1780 | Sunday Schools established in England | |||
| 1787 | First convicts transported to Australia | |||
| 1789 | -1793 | French Revolution | ||
| 1796 | -1808 | Napoleon Bonaparte has many victories in Europe |
| George III | Crowned | 1760 | Died | 1820 | 1775-1783 American War of Independence | Hanover |
