Grantham’s Medieval Onion Fair is here again on 10th October, courtesy of Richard III having granted permission back in 1483. You can read more about the fair here: https://tinyurl.com/3khw8syv Good Old Richard! Thanks to him a lot of fun is still to be had here in the 21st Century. Mind you, he might have been a little taken aback to see ladies dancing in gorgeous saris!
To read more about Richard III and his connection to Grantham, go to this link: https://murreyandblue.co.uk/2026/03/24/how-and-when-richard-iii-gave-grantham-its-royal-charter/.
Below is an old 18th-century road-strip map showing the road from Grantham to Doncaster. Richard’s roads wouldn’t have been as advanced…and Grantham would have been much smaller, but even so, it’s interesting to look at. You can really enlarge the map at https://www.wellandantiquemaps.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/Page-15-Owen-Bowen-pg1of2-02-001-copy.jpg. And you can read more about the map itself at https://www.wellandantiquemaps.co.uk/product/page-15-16-the-road-from-grantham-to-doncaster-via-newark-by-j-owen-e-bowen-c-1736/
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