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COLSTERWORTH, a township, a parish, and a sub-district, in Grantham district, Lincoln. The township bears the name of Colsterworth-with-Woolsthorpe; lies on the river Witham, and on the High Lyke Roman way, 4 miles W of Corby r. station, and 8 S of Grantham; and has a post office, ‡ of the name of Colsterworth, under Grantham. The parish includes also the hamlet of Twyford. Acres, 3, 300. Real property, £4, 084. Pop., 1, 163. Houses, 274. The manor of Woolsthorpe belonged to the father of Sir Isaac Newton; and the manor-house, now a farm-house, still standing, was Sir Isaac's birthplace. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Lincoln. Value, £585.* Patron, the Prebendary of South Grantham. The church is chiefly early English; has a tower; and was recently restored. There are two Methodist chapels. A school has £30 from endowment. Walker, the author of the "English Particles, " was rector.—The sub-district contains seventeen parishes, Acres, 35, 320. Pop., 5, 391. Houses, 1, 163.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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| Feature Description: | "a township, a parish, and a sub-district" (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions") |
| Administrative units: | Colsterworth AP/CP Colsterworth SubD Grantham RegD/PLU Lincolnshire AncC |
| Place: | Colsterworth |
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