Newton, Lincolnshire Newton, Lincolnshire Newton is a hamlet in the North Kesteven district of Lincolnshire, England. The hamlet is situated approximately east from the town of Grantham, south from Sleaford, and less than south from the A52 road. Newton forms part of the civil parish of Newton and Haceby . Newton dates as a settlement from before Roman occupation. The entry for 'Newton' in the 1086 "Domesday Book" describes the settlement as a bovate of , and: M. In NEWTON Alsi had 7 bovates of land taxable, Land for 10 oxen, odo has 1 plough, 1 sokeman on 1 bovate of this
Isaac Newton Telescope Isaac Newton Telescope The Isaac Newton Telescope or INT is a 2.54 m (100 in.) optical telescope run by the Isaac Newton Group of Telescopes at Roque de los Muchachos Observatory on La Palma in the Canary Islands since 1984. Originally the INT was situated at Herstmonceux Castle in Sussex, England, which was the site of the Royal Greenwich Observatory after it moved away from Greenwich due to light pollution. It was inaugurated in 1967 by Queen Elizabeth II. Herstmonceux suffered from poor weather, and the advent of mass air travel made it plausible for UK astronomers to run an