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发布时间：2025-09-11 21:01:57 来源：都市天下脉观察 作者：时尚

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British archaeologists recently found the remnants of a 17th-century house where Isaac Newton’s mother lived – not far from the site of his famous apple tree.

The National Trust announced in a recent press release that it had found a trove of everyday objects from the site of his mother's former house near Woolsthorpe Manor, an estate-turned-museum near Grantham, Lincolnshire.

Isaac Newton was born and raised at Woolsthorpe Manor. In 1665, he left Cambridge University during the Great Plague, and legend holds that he developed his theory of gravity thanks to a tree on the property.

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Though he and his mother lived on the same property, they didn't live under the same roof. After his father died, Newton's mother, Hannah Ayscough, left him to be raised by his grandparents when she married a vicar.  

When her second husband died, Ayscough arranged for a house to be built next to Woolsthorpe Manor. She lived there with her children from her second marriage.

Archaeologists unearthed artifacts from the long-lost 17th-century home of Isaac Newton's mother. Sir Isaac Newton is shown at right. (Phil Adams, National Trust; VCG Wilson/Corbis via Getty Images)

Archaeologists believe that Ayscough's house was demolished after a fire destroyed it in the early 1800s – but its remains have only just been uncovered in new excavations.

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"Searching for the exact location of the house, the archaeologists discovered rubble from its demolition – and intriguingly, some objects which might have been in the house when the Newton family was there," the National Trust's statement said.

The artifacts included thimbles, a needle remnant and buttons — in addition to animal bones that showed signs of butchering.

"We can really imagine Hannah and the family eating from items like the Staffordshire slipware."

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