Woolsthorpe-by-Colsterworth

Woolsthorpe By Colsterworth

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Woolsthorpe-by-Colsterworth

Woolsthorpe-by-Colsterworth is a hamlet at , in the parish

Parish

A parish is a local church; it is an administrative unit typically found in Roman Catholic, Anglican, United Methodist, and Presbyterianism churches....
of Colsterworth

Colsterworth

Colsterworth is a village in the England county of Lincolnshire. Colsterworth, together with the hamlet of Woolsthorpe-by-Colsterworth, had a population of 1,508 according to the United Kingdom Census, and lies half a mile to the west of the A1 road , seven miles south of Grantham and 13 miles north of Stamford, Lincolnshire....
, in the English

England

Lincolnshire

Lincolnshire is a Counties of England in the east of England. It borders Norfolk, Cambridgeshire, Rutland, Leicestershire, Nottinghamshire, South Yorkshire, and the East Riding of Yorkshire....
, best known as the birthplace of Sir Isaac Newton

Isaac Newton

Sir Isaac Newton, Fellow of the Royal Society was an English people physicist, mathematician, Astronomy, Natural philosophy, Alchemy, and Theology and one of the the 100 in human history....
. It is not to be confused with the village of Woolsthorpe-by-Belvoir

Woolsthorpe-by-Belvoir

Woolsthorpe, also known as Woolsthorpe-by-Belvoir, is a small village in the England county of Lincolnshire, about 5 miles from the town of Grantham....
, generally known just as Woolsthorpe, which is also in Lincolnshire but about 8 mile

Mile

A mile is a Units of measurement of length, usually used to measure distance, in a number of different systems. In contemporary English contexts, mile most commonly refers to the statute mile of 5,280 Feet or the nautical mile of 1,852 meters ....
s (13 kilometre

Kilometre

The kilometre , symbol km is a Units of measurement of length in the metric system, equal to one thousand metres.Slang terms for kilometre include click and kay ....
s) to the north-west.

Woolsthorpe-by-Colsterworth is 100 miles (170 km) north of London

London

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Woolsthorpe-by-Colsterworth is a hamlet at , in the parish

Parish

A parish is a local church; it is an administrative unit typically found in Roman Catholic, Anglican, United Methodist, and Presbyterianism churches....
of Colsterworth

Colsterworth

England

Lincolnshire

Isaac Newton

Woolsthorpe-by-Belvoir

Mile

Kilometre

London

London is the capital of both England and the United Kingdom, and the most populous municipality in the European Union. An important settlement for two millennia, History of London goes back to its founding by the Roman Empire....
, and 1 kilometre west of the A1 (one of the primary north-south roads of Great Britain. That road bypasses Colsterworth which grew up on the old Great North Road). The hamlet is three to four kilometres from the county boundary with Leicestershire

Leicestershire

Leicestershire County Hall, situated in Glenfield, Leicestershire, about 3 miles northwest of Leicester city centre, is the seat of Leicestershire County Council and the headquarters of the county authority....
and six from Rutland

Rutland

Rutland is a Counties of England of mainland England, bounded on the west and north by Leicestershire, northeast by Lincolnshire, and southeast by Peterborough and Northamptonshire....
.

The hamlet now stands in pleasant rather rural surroundings but it is on the Lower Lincolnshire Limestone

Lincolnshire limestone

The Lincolnshire limestone is a feature of the Inferior Oolite Series of the Middle Jurassic strata of eastern England. It was formed around 165 million years ago, in a shallow, warm sea on the margin of the London-Brabant Massif and has Estuary above and below it....
, below which are the Lower Estuarine Series

Lower Estuarine Series

The Lower Estuarine Series, also called in more modern publications, the Grantham Formation, is a relatively complex but generally thin set of Geology strata which are usually considered as a group....
and the Northampton sand

Northampton sand

The Northampton sand, sometimes called the Northamptonshire sand is a Geology found in the East Midlands of England. Particularly in the twentieth century, it has been of economic importance as a source of iron ore, but is now worked much less....
of the Inferior Oolite Series of the Jurassic

Jurassic

The Jurassic is a geologic period that extends from about annum to Ma, that is, from the end of the Triassic to the beginning of the Cretaceous....
. The Northampton Sand here is cemented by iron

Iron

Iron is a chemical element with the symbol Fe and atomic number 26. Iron is a Group 8 element and period 4 element. Iron is lustrous and silvery in color....
and in the twentieth century the hamlet was almost surrounded by strip mining for the iron ore

Iron ore

Iron ores are Rock and minerals from which metallic iron can be economically extracted. The ores are usually rich in iron oxides and vary in colour from dark grey, bright yellow, deep purple, to rusty red....
. The line of the now dismantled railway which carried the ore away lies behind the houses. The railway's bridge

Bridge

A bridge is a structure built to span a gorge, valley, road, Rail tracks, river, body of water, or any other physical obstacle, for the purpose of providing passage over the obstacle....
still spans the A1.

Woolsthorpe Manor

Woolsthorpe Manor

Woolsthorpe Manor in Woolsthorpe-by-Colsterworth, near Grantham, Lincolnshire, England, was the birthplace of Sir Isaac Newton on December 25, 1642 ....
, Newton's birthplace, is a typical seventeenth century yeoman farmer's limestone house with its later farmyard

Farm

A farm is an area of land, including various structures, devoted primarily to the practice of producing and managing food , fibers and, increasingly, fuel....
buildings. It is owned by the National Trust

National Trust for Places of Historic Interest or Natural Beauty

The National Trust for Places of Historic Interest or Natural Beauty, usually known as the National Trust, is a conservation organization in England, Wales and Northern Ireland....
and is open to the public.

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page in the website of the *Postcodes
UK postcodes

United Kingdom postal codes are known as postcodes.UK postcodes are alphanumeric. These codes were introduced by the Royal Mail over a 15-year period from 1959 to 1974 — the full list is now available electronically from the Royal Mail as the Postcode Address File ....
: NG33 5xx