[5] The civil and church parishes of Granby include the hamlet of Sutton-cum-Granby, a mile to the north.

The village has one pub since the closure in 2015 of the Boot & Shoe, whose site was sold for housing.

The remaining Marquis of Granby (possibly the original house of that name, dating back to 1760) serves a range of real ales and has won awards for the quality of its beer.

The most famous marquess was General John Manners (1721–1770), who distinguished himself in the Seven Years' War and later entered politics.

It is a Grade I listed building, "one of the S Notts churches which were reduced in size in post-Reformation times.

"[8] According to the English Heritage description, it stands on a pre-Conquest site and underwent restoration about 1777 and in 1888.

[10] The village also has as Grade II listed features five groups of churchyard gravestones, four farmhouses, a telephone kiosk and a parish pump.

[11] Ivy House Farm in Green Lane bears the date 1752 and Granby Farmhouse in Church St that of 1762.

[14] Granby appears in the Domesday Book of 1086 with 99 households, a large number for the period.

[15] The lord was Robert d'Oily, who is mentioned in Domesday in connection with 127 other places, mainly in the South Midlands.

The village stands near the source of the River Devon, near the Grantham Canal, and near the boundary with Leicester, 2½ miles NNE of Elton r. station, and 4 SE by E of Bingham; and has a post office under Nottingham.