GRANBY, a parish in the northern division of
the wapentake of BINGHAM, county of NOTTINGHAM, 4
miles (S. E. by E.) from Bingham, containing, with Sutton,
389 inhabitants. The living is a discharged .vicarage,
in the archdeaconry of Nottingham, and diocese of
York, rated in the king's books at £6. 3. 65., and in
the patronage of the Duke of Rutland. The church is
dedicated to. All Saints. There is a place of worship for
Wesleyan Methodists. The river Snipe, and the Not-
tingham and Grantham canal, pass through the parish.
There are quarries that supply gypsum, of which plaister
for flooring is made and used in this and the adjoining
parishes. Granby gives the title of marquis to the family
of Manners, Dukes of Rutland.