The Granville Street Baptist Church ( now First Baptist Church ( Halifax )) was an instrumental and determining factor in the founding of the University.

Granville is also the location of the Granville railway disaster, which occurred on 18 January 1977 when a commuter train derailed just before the Bold Street overpass and hit the staunchion, causing the bridge to collapse.

Schools include Granville Boys High School which was founded in 1926, Granville Public School, Granville East Public School, Blaxcell Street Public School and Holy Family Catholic School.

The crowded 6: 09 a. m. Sydney-bound commuter train from Mount Victoria, in the Blue Mountains, was approaching Granville railway station when it left the rails at approximately 8: 10 a. m. and hit a row of supports of the overhead Bold Street bridge, constructed from steel and concrete.

Granville railway disaster memorial on the corner of Railway Parade and Carlton Street, across from the disaster site

Families and friends of the victims gather with surviving members of the rescue crews in a march through Granville to the Bold Street bridge where the accident occurred.

Commerce and practicality led to the development of the current Town Center, as seen today, in a group of Colonial and Greek Revival buildings, including the landmark Congregational Church and Town Square ( at the intersection of Granville Road, Depot Street, and College Highway ).

At the busy intersection of College Highway ( U. S. Route 202 ) at Granville Road ( Massachusetts Route 57 ) and Depot Street there was a " Town Green " Basic markets of trade, communication, medical and grooming services, barns and utilitarian outbuildings served the traveling public and their horses as well as Southwick's own.

The Granville State Bank, on Main Street, was built in 1903 and is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.

Emergency medical services are provided by the Delaware County EMS and Station 2 is located at 283 W. Granville Street.

** Granville Street, a major road in Vancouver

** Granville Street Bridge

Alternatively, from the north only, take the 4th Avenue exit off the Granville Street Bridge ( then from 4th Avenue, turn right on N. W.

Its historical boundaries were the waterfront ( now Water Street and the CPR tracks ), Columbia Street, Hastings Street, and Cambie Street, which were the borders of the 1870 townsite survey, the proper name and postal address of which was Granville, B. I.

The first service was held, without a church building, on December 23, 1888 at 720 Granville Street in the town of Vancouver.

* March 12-The Capitol Theatre, a lush 2, 500 seat movie palace, opened on Vancouver's Granville Street.

The first two Hotel Vancouvers were between Howe and Granville Streets on the south side of West Georgia Street.

It is located in False Creek directly across from Downtown Vancouver's peninsula, under the south end of the Granville Street Bridge.

Granville, is a suburb in western Sydney, Australia.

Granville is located west of the Sydney central business district, in the local government area of the City of Parramatta.

South Granville is a separate suburb with the distinguishing feature of a light industrial area.

Granville is primarily dominated by freestanding weatherboard, fibro and unrendered brick buildings.

Granville railway station is a major station on the South line and Western line of the CityRail network.

Granville has a major college of Technical and Further Education, which is part of the South Western Sydney Institute of TAFE.

The Rosehill Hotel is located on the northern side of Parramatta Road and the Vauxhall Inn is on the same street on the western edge of Granville on the corner of Woodville Road.

Granville is also home to a sub-branch club of the RSL.

Historic Garside Park is home to State Super League and Super Youth League club, Granville Rage.

The Hebrides, also known as Fingal's Cave, is a famous overture composed by Felix Mendelssohn while residing on these islands, while Granville Bantock composed the Hebridean Symphony.

The location of Grannona is uncertain and was identified by the historians and toponymists at different places, mainly with the town known today as Granville ( nowadays in Normandy ) or nearby.

Other areas known for slate production are the east coast of Newfoundland, the Slate Belt of Eastern Pennsylvania, Buckingham County Virginia ( Buckingham Slate ), and the Slate Valley of Vermont and New York, where colored slate is mined in the Granville, New York area.

Granville is known as the colored slate capital of the world.

Putnam County is divided into these four townships: Granville, Hennepin, and Magnolia on the east side of the Illinois River, and Senachwine on the west.

Home place of early settler William Barbee of Middlesex County, Virginia, whose 1753 grant of 585 acres from the Earl of Granville was the first of two land grants in what is now the Chapel Hill-Durham area.

Granville County is a county located in the U. S. state of North Carolina.

Granville County is a member of the Kerr-Tar Regional Council of Governments.

Granville County is governed by a commissioner / manager form of government under the laws of the state of North Carolina.

Temelec is the site of Temelec Hall, built in 1858 by Captain Granville P. Swift, a member of the Bear Flag Party.

Granville is a village in Putnam County, Illinois, United States.

Granville is located at ( 41. 262480 ,-89. 227949 ).

Granville is a city in Sioux County, Iowa, United States.

135 millimetres of rain fell between 11. 30pm and 12. 30pm at Guildford, with the ensuing flood doing major damage through Granville.

One of the finest ' Navratri ' Indian festival devoted and celebrated for Maa Ambe ( Indian Goddess ) is held at Kora Kendra Ground, Opp Hotel Granville ( Granville Greens Restaurant ) which is the major attraction and well known celebration done in this suburb.

In 1791 Thornton played a major part in the establishment of the Sierra Leone Company, which took over the failed attempt by Granville Sharp to create a colony for the settlement for freed slaves in Africa.

His father was a prominent Tory politician who became the first major Tory to enter government since the succession of George I of Great Britain, joining the administration of John Carteret, 2nd Earl Granville in 1742.

The Marrow murder prompted the first major stirrings of the American Civil Rights Movement in Granville County.

In 2009, the Musee Christian Dior at Granville held a major Bohan retrospective.

Granville Street is a major street in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, and part of Highway 99.