Editing Grantham (section)

==Etymology==
Grantham's name is first attested in the [[Domesday Book]] (1086); its origin is not known with certainty. The ending ''-hām'' is [[Old English]] and means "homestead". The first part of the name may either be the personal name ''Granta'' or derive from the Old English word ''Grand'' ([[gravel]]), implying either "Granta's homestead" or "homestead by gravel".<ref>{{Harvnb|Mills|2011}}.</ref> In the early 20th century, the town's name was still pronounced ''Grant-m'' or ''Grahnt-m''; but as people moved more frequently and became more literate, they began to derive the place name from its spelling and the pronunciation shifted to ''Granthum'' (the ''t'' and ''h'' becoming a ''th'' phoneme). This was already becoming common in 1920,<ref>{{Harvnb |Nicklin |1920 |p=15}}</ref> and the later pronunciation is now the norm.<ref>[https://www.collinsdictionary.com/dictionary/english/grantham "Grantham"], ''Collins English Dictionary''. Retrieved 17 December 2020.</ref>{{Refn |group="n" |''Granfum'' is also sometimes heard in the early 21st century.<ref>{{Harvnb |Pinchbeck |2018 |loc=s. "It's the Way You Say It"}}.</ref>}}