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1892 Statue of Frederick James Tollemache unveiled on St Peter's Hill
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Sir F J Tollemache was a radical Liberal MP who represented Grantham at various times between 1826 and 1874. The statue was sculpted by George Simmonds and cast by Ecclestone Foundry, Pimlico.
| 1875 | Window in memory of Mrs Elizabeth Bradley. More info | |||
| 1876 | New clock put in the tower, by Gillett & Bland of Croydon | |||
| 1877 | Quarter jacks to the new clock first used | |||
| 1877 | Restoration of the North Porch More info | |||
| 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 | ||
| 1884 | Porch room housing the Trigge Library restored | |||
| 1885 | King Window by Kempe More info | |||
| 1888 | Peal of 10 bells in tower rehung in a new frame of Danzig Oak More info | |||
| 1893 | -1894 | Books in Trigge Library repaired under the direction of Canon Hector Nelson | ||
| 1897 | Eaton window by Kempe More info | |||
| 1899 | Restoration of the Crypt Chapel | |||
| 1899 | Wooden font cover to celebrate Queen Victoria's Diamond Jubilee, designed by Walter Tapper | |||
| 1902 | -1902 | Reredos enlarged, designed by Walter Tapper | ||
| 1905 | -1910 | Welbore McCarthy D.D., Vicar |
| 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 | The market cross was taken down and replaced by a granite obelisk More info | |||
| 1884 | St Anne's Iron Church, the 'Tin Tabernacle', New Somerby | |||
| 1892 | Statue of Frederick James Tollemache unveiled on St Peter's Hill More info | |||
| 1896 | Salvation Army Citadel built on London Road | |||
| 1901 | Grantham's Population was over 17,000 | |||
| 1906 | A rail crash just outside Grantham station killed 14, injured 17. | |||
| 1907 | St Anne's Church New Somerby rebuilt | |||
| 1915 | Machine Gun Corps founded in Grantham | |||
| 1915 | Edith Smith became Britain's first official policewoman with powers of arrest More info | |||
| 1916 | Grantham's first purpose-built cinema, the Picture House on St Peter's Hill | |||
| 1922 | Severe flooding when the River Witham and the Mowbeck burst their banks | |||
| 1922 | 49% of the working population was unemployed | |||
| 1925 | Margaret Hilda Roberts, later Margaret Thatcher, born at North Parade, Grantham |
| 1899 | -1902 | Boer War between England and the Boers in South Africa | ||
| 1900 | Foundation of the British Labour Party | |||
| 1903 | First flight by Wright brothers | |||
| 1904 | -1914 | Suffragette activity, to gain votes for women, at its height in England | ||
| 1904 | -1914 | Panama Canal constructed successfully | ||
| 1906 | -1909 | Social reforms, including unemployment exchanges, free school meals and pensions for over 70's. | ||
| 1908 | -1927 | Model T Ford Car | ||
| 1914 | -1918 | First World War |
| Edward VII | Crowned | 1901 | Died | 1910 | 1904 Entente Cordiale | Saxe-Coburg Gotha |
| George V | Crowned | 1910 | Died | 1936 | 1914-1918 World War I | Windsor |
