Grantham August 2016

Grantham is a very ancient market town on the Great North Road with easy access by road, train and airports.We are staying at two hotels, both in the town of Grantham and a very short walk from the Masonic Hall. We will be visiting St. Wolframs Church and their very famous Chain Library containing a book from Naples printed 1476, and Polyglot, Vinigar, Breeches and King James Bibles bought as a cart load from Cambridge for £100. Whilst we are at Lodge our partners will visit the town of Grantham which has a wonderful old world atmosphere, is packed with historical interest and Saturday is market day. On Sunday we will visit Belton House by bus only 5 miles outside town. Belton house was a party venue for Edward VII & Mrs Simpson, a wonderful country house and gardens. In order to accommodate us all we have reserved rooms at the Eden House Hotel and Angel and Royal Hotel, the oldest Inn in England and patronised by two of our Kings and Grand Masters. Both are small hotels having only 20 rooms, situated in town and have been booked at a minimum price, so bookings need to made by 30/04/2016. Both hotels have car parking.The hotels are a very short distance apart with Faraday House, our Masonic Hall and St. Wolframs Church in the middle. Our Friday gathering and buffet being held at the Angel and Royal and Saturday evening we will be dining at the Eden house Hotel. Being in town allows us the opportunity to explore Grantham on foot. Our partners will enjoy this small and very pretty town and open market whilst we meet at Lodge. In the evening when we will gather and dine together at Eden House.On Sunday we will enjoy an outing to Belton House and Gardens with the option of a garden centre across the road. ITINERARY Friday 12 August 19:30 Welcome buffet at the Angel and Royal hotel Saturday 13 August 09:30 St Wolfram‘s Church and Chain Library which is very small so we will organise those who would like to visit into groups, those involved in the lodge practice being first. They have a Polyglot Bible.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francis_Trigge_Chained_Libraryhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St_Wulfram's_Church,_Grantham#Libraryhttp://www.discoverstwulframs.org.uk/the-trigge-library.aspx 12:00 The Lodge meets at Faraday House. Continuing our theme “The Future” through our meetings, our August speaker at Grantham will be John Acaster PProvSGW. John is a Masonic historian, a Past Master of Quatuor Coranati Lodge 2076 and regularly published in “The Square” Masonic magazine. John will be presenting: “Freemasonry: Our Future”, expressing some international thoughts. 14:00 There will be a Festive Board The Ladies are free explore historic Grantham and the open market. On my last visit I found a 1st edition 2 volume National Burns by the Rev. George Gillifan 1878. Keep your eyes peeled ladies there is gold out there.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grantham 19:30 Meet at The Eden Hotel to dine together Sunday 14 August 10:30 Meet to catch local bus to Belton House. The bus is at 1100. When numbers are known we will arrange a group booking which will include a guided tour.http://www.nationaltrust.org.uk/belton-house