Grantham Guildhall
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Grantham Guildhall is a municipal building on St Peter's Hill, Grantham, Lincolnshire, England. It is a Grade II listed building.
Grantham Guildhall
Stone plaque commemorating Eleanor of Castile
Edith Smith (police officer)
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Edith Smith was the first female police officer in the United Kingdom with full power of arrest.
Grantham Guildhall
…continue to appoint the mayor of Grantham each year. A blue plaque was unveiled on the wall of the old prison building in 2014 to commemorate the life of Edith Smith, the first woman police officer in the United Kingdom with full power of arrest. In 2015, a modern relief stone plaque commemorating Eleanor of Castile…
Edith Smith in police uniform
Blue plaque installed in 2018 on Smith's home in Oxton