Woolsthorpe Manor

Woolsthorpe Manor in Woolsthorpe-by-Colsterworth, near Grantham, Lincolnshire, England, was the birthplace of Sir Isaac Newton on 25 December 1642 (old calendar). At that time it was a yeoman's farmstead, principally rearing sheep (hence the wool reference in the name — thorpe comes from a Viking word meaning farmstead).

• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Woolsthorpe Manor
• Page 4 - Gleick, J., 2003, Isaac Newton: First Vintage Books, New York, 272p.