Grantham and Stamford (UK Parliament constituency) villages. The only other large settlement in the seat is the rapidly growing town of Bourne, situated at the west of the Lincolnshire Fens. Food processing and agriculture are the major industries. Politically, Grantham is associated with Margaret Thatcher, who was born and raised in the town. However, the town of Grantham itself probably has the biggest Labour Party support of the constituency. The rural part of the seat and the historical town of Stamford outweigh any Labour votes in Grantham, and it is normally a safe Conservative seat. The history of Conservative representation was briefly interrupted between 2007-10 when
Early life of Isaac Newton Early life of Isaac Newton The following article is part of a biography of Sir Isaac Newton, the English mathematician and scientist, author of the "Principia". It portrays the years after Newton's birth in 1642, his education, as well as his early scientific contributions, before the writing of his main work, the "Principia Mathematica", in 1685. Isaac Newton was born on Christmas Day, 25 December 1642 Old Style (which was 4 January 1643 on the Gregorian calendar, which is now used) at Woolsthorpe Manor in Woolsthorpe-by-Colsterworth, a hamlet in the county of Lincolnshire. (At the time of Newton's birth, England