Editing Grantham (section)

{{Short description|Market town in Lincolnshire, England}}
{{about|the town in England}}
{{Use British English|date=March 2011}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=November 2023}}
{{Infobox UK place
 | official_name            = Grantham
 | country                  = England
 | region                   = East Midlands
| static_image_name = {{multiple images
| image1 = Market Place, Grantham - geograph.org.uk - 3591234.jpg
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| image2 = Grantham - Town Hall ^ Sir Isaac Newton statue - geograph.org.uk - 4282239.jpg
| image3 = Vine Street, Grantham - geograph.org.uk - 2918115.jpg
| image4 = Grantham seen from the train - geograph.org.uk - 3814262.jpg
| image5 = The Church of St Wulfram, Grantham (5458729587).jpg
| image6 = The River Witham from Bridge End Road, Grantham - geograph.org.uk - 3946952.jpg
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| static_image_caption = Top to bottom, left to right: Market Place, [[Grantham Guildhall]] and statue of Sir [[Isaac Newton]], Vine Street, skyline of Grantham, [[St Wulfram's Church, Grantham|St Wulfram's Church]] and Bridge End Road with the [[River Witham]] passing through
 | population               = 44,580
 | population_ref           = (ONS, 2016)
 | os_grid_reference        = SK9136
 | coordinates              = {{coord|52.918|-0.638|display=inline,title}}
 | post_town                = GRANTHAM
 | postcode_area            = NG
 | postcode_district        = NG31
 | dial_code                = 01476
 | constituency_westminster = [[Grantham and Bourne (UK Parliament constituency)|Grantham and Bourne]]
 | civil_parish             = Grantham
 | shire_district           = [[South Kesteven]]
 | shire_county             = [[Lincolnshire]]
 | parts_type               = Areas of the town
 | p1                       = [[Arnoldfield]] (Ward)
 | p2                       = [[Barrowby]] (Village)
 | p3                       = [[Barrowby Gate]] (Ward)
 | p4                       = [[Belton, South Kesteven|Belton]] (Village)
 | p5                       = [[Cold Harbour, Lincolnshire|Cold Harbour]] (Village)
 | p6                       = [[Gonerby Hill Foot]]
 | p7                       = [[Great Gonerby]] (Village)
 | p8                       = [[Harlaxton]] (Village)
 | p9                       = [[Harrowby, Grantham|Harrowby]] (Ward)
 | p10                     = [[Harrowby, Lincolnshire|Harrowby]] (Village)
 | p11                      = [[Little Ponton]] (Village)
 | p12                      = [[Londonthorpe]] (Village)
 | p13                      = [[Manthorpe, Grantham|Manthorpe]] (Village)
 | p14                      = [[Old Somerby]] (Village)
 | p15                      = [[Somerby Hill]]
 | p16                      = [[Springfield, Grantham|Springfield]] (Ward)
 | p17                      = [[St Vincent's, Grantham|St Vincent's]] (Ward)
 | p18                      = [[St Wulfram's, Grantham|St Wulfram's]] (Ward)
 | website                  = [http://www.southwestlincs.com/visit-grantham/ Visit Grantham], South Kesteven District Council
 | london_distance_mi       = 100<!-- straight line per MOS – constant and comparable with other place distances -->
 | london_direction         = S
}}
'''Grantham''' ({{IPAc-en|ˈ|ɡ|r|æ|n|θ|əm}}) is a market town and [[civil parish]] in the [[South Kesteven]] district of [[Lincolnshire]], England, situated on the banks of the [[River Witham]] and bounded to the west by the [[A1 road (Great Britain)|A1]] road. It lies {{convert|23|mi|km}} south of [[Lincoln, England|Lincoln]] and {{convert|22|mi|km}} east of [[Nottingham]]. The population in 2016 was put at 44,580.<ref name=ons.gov.uk>{{cite web|url=https://www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationandcommunity/populationandmigration/populationestimates/datasets/wardlevelmidyearpopulationestimatesexperimental|title=Ward-level population estimates (Experimental Statistics) – Office for National Statistics|website=www.ons.gov.uk}}</ref> The town is the largest settlement and the administrative centre of the South Kesteven District.

Grantham was the birthplace of the UK Prime Minister [[Margaret Thatcher]]. [[Isaac Newton]] was educated at [[The King's School, Grantham|the King's School]]. The town was the workplace of the UK's first warranted female police officer, [[Edith Smith (police officer)|Edith Smith]] in 1914. The UK's first running [[diesel engine]] was made there in 1892 and the first tractor in 1896.{{citation needed|date=June 2022}} [[Thomas Paine]] worked there as an excise officer in the 1760s.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.alford.info/history/thomas-paine/|title=Thomas Paine – Alford, Lincolnshire|website=alford}}</ref> The villages of [[Manthorpe, Grantham|Manthorpe]], [[Great Gonerby]], [[Barrowby]], [[Londonthorpe]] and [[Harlaxton]] form outlying suburbs of the town.