What is Woolsthorpe-by-Colsterworth?
{{coord|52|48|39|N|0|37|55|E}} [[File:Woolsthorpe manor.jpg|thumb|The house where Newton was born]] '''Woolsthorpe-by-Colsterworth''' is a [[hamlet]] in the [[United Kingdom]]. It is in [[Lincolnshire]], [[England]]. It is 100 miles north of [[London]]. It is the town where [[scientist]] Sir [[Isaac Newton]] was born.<ref name=nt>{{Cite web |url=http://www.nationaltrust.org.uk/main/w-vh/w-visits/w-findaplace/w-woolsthorpemanor/ |title=National Trust {{!}} Woolsthorpe Manor |work=nationaltrust.org.uk |accessdate=25 October 2010 |archive-date=13 January 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080113115629/http://www.nationaltrust.org.uk/main/w-vh/w-visits/w-findaplace/w-woolsthorpemanor/ |url-status=dead }}</ref> Newton was born and lived at Woolsthorpe Manor, which is a small farm house. The [[apple]] [[tree]] which made him think about [[gravity]] can still be seen in the garden.<ref name=nt/> ==References== {{reflist}} {{UK-stub}} {{Commonscat}} [[Category:Hamlets in England]] [[Category:Settlements in Lincolnshire]]