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Rh GRANTHAM SOKE. 136 GRASMERE. pensary, iron foundries, malting houses, tanning and coach-building works. The town has been much im- proved of late years, and contains many good shops and nouses. It is well paved, lighted with gas, and has a good water supply. There are also in "Wharf-road good baths for public use. It is the head of a Poor-law Union, and of new County Court and registration districts. It is a polling-place for the county, and petty sessions are held in the townhall every Monday, and a county court the first Monday in each month. On St. Peter's Hill is a statue of Sir Isaac Newton, in bronze, who was a native of Woolsthorpe, in this neighbourhood, and received some of his early education in Grantham grammar school. The living is a vie.* in the dioc. of Lincoln, val. 650, in the patron, of the bishop and the Prebendary of South Grant- ham, alternately. The church is a commodious and im- posing structure of stone, with handsome pointed windows, and lofty square tower, surmounted by an octagonal spire, rising to the height of 280 feet. It is dedicated to St. Wulfran, and contains a carved octagonal font, library left by Dr. Newcombe, and several monuments. Beneath the S. side of the edifice is the ancient crypt, containing a stone altar. In addition to the parish church there are two churches of recent erection in the chapelry districts of St. John Spittlegate and Manthorpe. The livings of both are perpet. curs., the former in the gift of the vicar, and the latter of Earl Brownlow. The parochial endow- ments are numerous, producing in all nearly 1400 per annum. The Independents, Calvinists, Wesleyans, Eeformed Wesleyans, Primitive Methodists, and Roman Catholics, have each a chapel. There is a free grammar school founded by Bishop Fox, which has an income of about 750 ; also six National schools, besides a British, a "Wesloyan, and a Roman Catholic school. The Angel Inn is said to have been a preceptory of Knights Templars. Belvoir Castle is the seat of the Duko of Rutland, and Belton House that of Earl Brownlow. There are some other good residences. The Earl of Dysart is lord of the manor. Saturday is market day, and a live-stock market is held on alternate Tuesdays. Eairs are held on the fifth Monday in Lent, Easter Eve, Holy Thursday, 10th July, 26th October, and 17th December, for horses, stock, and general wares. GRANTHAM SOKE, one of the 31 subdivisions of the co. Lincoln, situated in the parts of Kesteven, and south-eastern part of the co. It is bounded on the N. by the wap. of Winnibriggs and Threo, on the E. by the waps. of Ashwardhurn and Aveland, on the S. by the wap. of Beltisloe, and, on the W., by the co. of Leicester, and includes the pars, of Barkston, Belton, Braceby, Colsterworth, Donton, Great Gonerby, Grantham, Har- laxton, Londonthorpe, Great Ponton, Sapperton, and part of South Stoke, comprising nearly 30,000 acres. GRANTLEY, a tnshp. in the par. and lib. of Ripon, West Riding co. York, 5 miles W. of Ripon, its post town. It includes the hmlts. of Lower Grantley and Kedmires. The living is a perpet. cur. in the dioc. of Ripon, val. 65, in the patron, of the Dean and Chapter of Ripon. There is a day school for children of both sexes, endowed with land producing 10 per annum. Lord Grantley is lord of the manor, whose seat is Grant- ley Hall in this township. GRANTON, a post town and port in the par. of Cramond, co. Edinburgh, Scotland, 3 miles N.W. of Edinburgh. It is a station on the Edinburgh, Perth, and Dundee railway. It was founded by the Duke of Buccleuch in 1835, has an excellent pier 1,700 feet long, and four jetties. It contains a police station, and a good hotel with bathing accommodation. There is ready communication with Edinburgh, and a floating pier crosses over to Burntisland in Fifeshire at intervals. A lighthouse was put up in 1845, and all sorts of means and appliances for purposes of maritime trade arc still in progress. Notwithstanding its comparatively small size as a port it is full of bustle and activity. As there are a great many commodious residences fit for occupation, and the scenery is picturesque, the place has a good number of visitors, and is increasing in extent daily. GRANTOWN, a post and market town in the par. of Cromdale, co. Inverness, Scotland, 30J miles S.E. of Fort George, 34 S.S.W. of Elgin, 22 S. of Forces, and 103 from Edinburgh. It is a station on the Lossie- mouth branch of the Morayshire railway. It is situated on the left bank of the river Spey, and was founded by Sir James Grant, Bart., in 1776, with a view to improving the surrounding tract of country. It is most picturesquely situated, and has a neat and cheer- ful appearance. It contains an orphan asylum, the parish church of Cromdale, Royal Bounty church, Free church, and meeting-houae for Baptists, two branch banks, and several assurance agencies, besides the town- house and prison. Small-debt courts sit in January, May, June, and October. A market for corn is held once a fortnight after November. Fairs are held in April, May, June, July, August, September, and Novem- ber. Public carriages run to and fro from it to Elgin, Fochabers, and Carr Bridge; and about lj mile distant stands Castle Grant, a magnificently wooded ancient residence and park belonging to the Earl of Seafield. GRANTS-GROVE, a hmlt. in the par. of Woodnes- borough, hund. of Eastry, lathe of St. Augustine, co. Kent, 2 miles W. of Sandwich. GRANTS HOUSE, a vil. in the par. of Coldingham, co. Berwick, Scotland, 5 miles S.E. of Cockburnspath. It is the seat of a post-office, and a station on the North British railway. GRAPPENHALL, a par. in the hund. of Bucklow, co. palatine Chester, 2 miles S.E. of Warrington, its post town, and 12 N. of Northwich. It is situated to the S. of the river Mersey, and includes the tnshps. of Grappenhall and Latchford. At the latter place there is a railway station on the Manchester and Garston branch of the London and North-Western line. The Bridgwater canal passes through the parish. Cotton spinning and tanning are the chief employments of the people. The living is a rect.* with the perpet. cur.* of Latchford, in the dioc. of Chester, val. 542 and 111. The church is a stone structure with large square tower. It is dedicated to St. Wilfrid, and has several very fine monuments. At Latchford there is a district church, the living of which is a perpet. cur.,* val. 111, in the gift of the rector of the parish. The charities, including 11 school endowment, produce about 18 per annum. There is a National school for both sexes. J. H. S. Barry, Esq., is lord of the manor. Grappenhall Hall and The Heys are the principal residences. GRASBY, a par. in the wap. of Yarborough, parts of Lindsey, co. Lincoln, 3 miles N.W. of Caistor, and 6 S.E. of Brigg, its post town. The North Kelsey station on the Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire line of railway is about 2 miles from the village. It is situated on the slope of a range of hills forming a portion of the North Wolds. The soil is chalk, alternating with clay. The tithes were commuted for land and a money pay- ment under an Enclosure Act in 1815. The living is a vie.* in the dioc. of Lincoln, val. 200. The church is a neat edifice, dedicated to All Saints. It has a hand- some E. window of stained glass. The charities produce , about 2 per annum. The Wesleyans and Primitive Methodists have places of worship. There is a National school for both sexes. The Rev. C. Turner is lord of the manor. GRASHOLME, a hmlt. in the tnshp. of Lunedale, North Riding co. York, 9 miles N.W. of Barnard Castle. GRASHOLME ISLAND, two small islands of this name : one off the coast of Pembroke, near St. Anne's Point ; the other one of the Orkney Islands, Scotland, lying about 6 miles N. of Kirkwall. GRASLEY. See GRAIZELEY, co. Berks. GRASMERE, a par. in the ward of Kendal, co. Westmoreland, 4 miles N.W. of Ambleside, and 12 S. of Keswick. Windermere is its post town. It is romanli-. cally situated amid lake and mountain scenery, the village standing at the northern extremity of the lake from which it takes its name. The whole district abounds with the most diversified beauties of nature, and has always been a favourite resort of the poets. The par. includes the tnshps. of Grasmere and Great and