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much trade in corn, wool, and horses. Skaford and Bourne are market towns of 

 local importance, on or near the western border of the Fen country. 



They both lie within the " part " of Kesteven whose principal river is the 

 Witham, which rises in Rutlandshire, and flows northward past the ancient borough 



Fiir. 112. — Lincoln Catiiedhal. 



of Grantham. It was at the grammar school of Grantham that Sir Isaac Newton, 

 a native of the neighbouring village of Woolsthorpe, received his early education. 

 The borough boasts a fine parish church, has works for the manufacture of agricul- 

 tural machinery, and carries on a profitable trade in corn, malt, and coal. Its 

 neighbourhood is much frequented by fox-hunters. 



