Editing Grantham (section)

==Religious sites==
{{main|St Wulfram's Church, Grantham}}
[[File:St. Wilfrums Church.jpg|thumb|right|[[St Wulfram's Church, Grantham]]]]
Grantham has places of worship of various denominations.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.churches-uk-ireland.org/towns/g/grantham.html |title=The Churches of Britain and Ireland – Grantham|website=www.churches-uk-ireland.org}}</ref> The main local landmark is the parish church of [[Wulfram of Sens|St Wulfram's]], which has the [[List of tallest churches in the world|sixth highest spire]] among English churches, at {{convert|282+1/2|ft|m|1|abbr=off}}. It is the second tallest church in Lincolnshire after [[St James' Church, Louth|St James' Church]] in [[Louth, Lincolnshire|Louth]]. It also holds England's first public library, dating from 1598, when [[Francis Trigge Chained Library|Francis Trigge]], rector of [[Welbourn]], gave £100 for a small [[chained library]] of books for the clergy and ''literate laity'' of Grantham; 250 of the original volumes remain in a small room above the South Porch. From October 1974 the church was permanently floodlit at night.

The Anglican church in the New Somerby district, dedicated to St Anne and seating about 350, was erected as a mission church in 1884 and built of iron. A mission church, dedicated to St Saviour and seating about 150, was built of brick in the Little Gonerby district in 1884.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.achurchnearyou.com/st-annes-grantham/ |title=St Anne, Grantham |website=A Church Near You}}</ref><ref>http://www.churches-uk-ireland.org/images/lincs/grantham/anne.jpg {{Bare URL image|date=March 2022}}</ref> The church of St John the Evangelist was built of stone in the Spittlegate district in 1840–1841. It seated about 1,100.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/eng/LIN/Grantham/#ChurchHist |title=Genuki: Grantham, Lincolnshire |last=GENUKI}}</ref> Today the Deanery of Grantham still includes the churches of St Anne and St John the Evangelist amongst its 18 churches.<ref>{{cite web |title=The Deanery of Grantham |url=http://www.lincoln.anglican.org/deanery.php?id=19 |work=Diocese of Lincoln website |publisher=[[Diocese of Lincoln]] |access-date=29 May 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090801034345/http://www.lincoln.anglican.org/deanery.php?id=19 |archive-date=1 August 2009 }}</ref> The current [[suffragan bishop|suffragan]] [[Bishop of Grantham]] is [[Nicholas Chamberlain]]; his official residence is in [[Long Bennington]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Who's Who – The Area Bishops |url=http://www.lincoln.anglican.org/page.php?i_@CI_74#1a |work=Diocese of Lincoln website |publisher=[[Diocese of Lincoln]] |access-date=29 May 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120104103701/http://www.lincoln.anglican.org/page.php?i_%40CI_74 |archive-date=4 January 2012 }}</ref>

The [[Catholicism|Catholic]] [[Church of St Mary the Immaculate, Grantham|Church of St Mary the Immaculate]] stands in North Parade.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.stmarysgrantham.org.uk/ |title=Welcome to St Mary's Grantham |access-date=29 May 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111105101447/http://www.stmarysgrantham.org.uk/ |archive-date=5 November 2011 |url-status=dead }}</ref> Grantham [[Baptists|Baptist]] Church is located in Wharf Road.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.granthambaptistchurch.co.uk/ |title=Grantham Baptist Church |work=granthambaptistchurch.co.uk}}</ref> Grantham Christchurch ([[Local ecumenical partnership|LEP]]) Church ([[United Reformed Church]]) is located in Finkin Street.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.christchurchgrantham.com |title=ChristChurch Grantham |access-date=21 June 2017}}</ref> Harrowby Lane [[Methodism|Methodist]] Church dates from the late 1920s.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.harrowbylane.org.uk/harrowbylanehistory.html |title=Harrowby Lane Methodist Church |access-date=21 June 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171109191118/https://www.harrowbylane.org.uk/harrowbylanehistory.html |archive-date=9 November 2017 |url-status=dead }}</ref> [[Finkin Street Methodist Church]] was a [[Wesleyan Methodist Church (Great Britain)|Wesleyan Methodist]] chapel built in the 1840s and attended by Margaret Thatcher.

Plans in 2014 to construct an [[Islam]]ic cultural centre in the town created controversy, including protests from right-wing groups.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.itv.com/news/calendar/update/2014-02-21/picture-of-site-where-controversial-islamic-cultural-centre-could-be-built/ |title=Picture of site where controversial Islamic cultural centre could be built |work=ITV News}}</ref>