National Trust: Woolsthorpe Manor House

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Location: Grantham, Lincolnshire, England, United Kingdom

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Woolsthorpe Manor in Woolsthorpe-by-Colsterworth, near Grantham, Lincolnshire, England, is the birthplace and was the family home of Sir Isaac Newton. He was born there on 25 December 1642. At that time, it was a yeoman's farmstead, principally rearing sheep.

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Introduction by Dan Philpott

Escaping the Great Plague at Woolsthorpe Manor, Newton’s Year of Wonders saw him lay the foundations…

Entrance to the Manor: The story of the Coat of Arms

Tour Guide Dick: The story of the cross bones coat of arms.

Early Years: Issacs's childhood

Tour Guide Lynn: Issacs's childhood years.

The Hallway: Witch Marks

Tour Guide Lynn: The story of the etchings in the plasterwork.

The Parlour: An overview of Isaac Newton

Tour Guide Lynn

The Dining Hall: 17th Century life and Isaac Newton’s etchings

Tour Guide Lynn

The Hayloft: Exhibition Space – Principia and Optics

Tour Guide Lynn

Isaac's Bedroom: Rainbows and Refraction; the story of Newton splitting light

Tour Guides Alan & Lynn

The Apple Tree: Gravity and Newton's ‘Year of Wonders’

Tour Guide Alan

Space Pips: Tim Peake’s Principia Space Mission

Tour Guide Alan

Later Years: ‘Sir’ Isaac Newton

Tour Guide Lynn

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