Grantham Hall of Fame - Grantham Matters

Armine, Sir William

Sir William Armine, 1st Baronet (1593 – 1651) Armine was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons...

Isaac Asher (1847-1928) ISAAC Asher was Great Gonerby’s village blacksmith for many years. Born in Green Street, he was known...

Percy Asher (1900-1966) BORN in Rutland Street, the son of a railway porter, Percy attended St Anne’s and Boy’s...

Agnes Audus (1911-1999) AGNES Audus moved to Grantham from Yorkshire with her husband Leonard in 1942 when he was appointed secretary...

In 1973 he received an OBE for his services to local government. He was the town’s last surviving alderman.

Hannah Ayscough (1623-1679) HANNAH Ayscough is best known as the mother of Sir Isaac Newton. She was born in Market...

Albert Victor Bacon (1910-1941) ALBERT ‘Vic' Bacon was the son of Mr and Mrs H Bacon, of Elmer Street North....

David Baggaley (1944-2015) Born at Middle Farm, Valley Lane, Long Bennington, David Jeffrey Baggaley attended Long Bennington School until he...

John William Bailey (1858-1936) John Bailey, a native of Grantham, was the son of the late Mr, John R. Bailey,...

Canon Robert Baily (1921 – 2016) Canon Robert Spencer Canning Baily was ordained priest in Salisbury Cathedral in 1945, at...