# The Grantham connection

**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-grantham-connection/740037
**Category:** Cecil's Columns/Staff Reports
**Created:** [December 10, 2015, 3:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-grantham-connection/740037 "2015-12-10T03:12:50Z")
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### Author: ![John\_W.Kennedy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_w.kennedy/32/1031_2.png) [@John\_W.Kennedy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_W.Kennedy)
#### Post date: [December 10, 2015, 3:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-grantham-connection/740037/1 "2015-12-10T03:12:50Z")

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Re: [What’s the origin of the gingerbread man?](http://www.straightdope.com/columns/read/1912/whats-the-origin-of-the-gingerbread-man), Wikipedia has the Grantham angle at [Grantham](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grantham). The town and 1740 mark the origin of modern white gingerbread.

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### Author: ![Melbourne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b5e925/32.png) [@Melbourne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Melbourne)
#### Post date: [December 13, 2018, 8:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-grantham-connection/740037/2 "2018-12-13T08:23:26Z")

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