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Woolsthorpe-by-Colsterworth is a village in a quiet corner of Lincolnshire, near Grantham. It contains Woolsthorpe Manor, the family home of Isaac Newton, who realised the nature of gravity here, when he saw an apple fall from an apple tree in the orchard.
Philosophiæ Naturalis Principia Mathematica - often referred to as simply the Principia - is a book published by Isaac Newton in 1687. It is regarded as one of the most important works in the history of science.
On a limestone ridge just north of Chipping Norton, Oxfordshire, stand the Rollright Stones - dating back nearly 6000 years.
The life of a sailor was for most of British history a perilous one. But aside from the usual risks of shipwreck, disease, accident and mistreatment, the most dreaded fate was to find oneself working aboard a so-called "coffin ship" ...
The Broadway Tower is familiar to walkers on the Cotswold Way. The folly stands at an impressive viewpoint and has associations with Capability Brown, William Morris, and the Cold War.
Though best known for its former steel industry, Sheffield is also the heartland of Liquorice Allsorts, invented by acident here in 1899 and still produced in the city in Bassetts' factory.
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