North Witham
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North Witham is a small village in South Kesteven, Lincolnshire. The population is 157. It lies on the western slope of the River Witham's valley There is a ford through the river. There is no shop or pub. The closest amenities are either in Colsterworth or South Witham. Directly across from the A1 is the former RAF North Witham, used for American parachutists in D-Day. This is now overgrown by Twyford Forest.
The parish church is St Mary. Hannah Ayscough, the twenty-two-year-old mother of Isaac Newton, married the local vicar in January 1645 and moved to the vicarage, staying there until August 1653 when her seventy-one-year-old husband Barnabas Smith died (of old age). Had she not married the vicar, she may not have had enough money to send Isaac to school in Grantham. Isaac's two half-sisters and half-brother were born in the vicarage.
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