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About Newark on Trent
Newark (also Newark-on-Trent) is a
town in Nottinghamshire, located on the River Trent.
The River Devon also runs through the town. It is
a historic market town, with a castle. King John of
England died there. During the English Civil War,
Newark survived three sieges by Cromwell's forces.
The town was ordered to surrender by Charles I, and
the defending forces left with their heads held high.
The church of St Mary Magdalene, one of the largest
and finest parish churches of England, is specially
notable for the beauty of the tower and of the octagonal
spire (223 ft. high) by which it is surmounted. The
central piers of the old church, dating from the 11th
or 12th century, remain, and the lower part of the
tower is a fine example of Early English when at its
best. The upper parts of the tower and spire are Decorated,
completed about 1350; the nave dates from between
1384 and 1393, and the chancel from 1489. The sanctuary
is bounded on the south and north by two chantry chapels,
the former of which has on one of its panels a remarkable
painting from the Dance of Death. There are a few
old monuments, and an exceedingly fine brass of the
14th century. There is a hole in the spire which was
supposedly made by a cannon ball during the civil
war, although there is some doubt locally as to the
truth of the story. This hole is visible from some
parts of the town centre.Situated at the intersection
of the Great North Road and the Fosse Way, Newark
originally grew around Newark Castle, now ruined,
and a large marketplace, now lined with historic buildings.
The former London and North Eastern Railway East Coast
Main Line runs through the town, but the A1 and A46
roads now bypass it. Newark (Newerca, Nouwerk) owed
its origin, possibly in Roman times, to its position
on the great road called the Fosse Way, in the valley
of the Trent. In a document which purports to be a
charter of 664 Newark is mentioned as having been
granted to the abbey of Peterborough by Wulfhere.
In the reign of Edward the Confessor it belonged to
Godiva, who granted it to the monastery of Stow, and
it remained in the hands of the bishops of Lincoln
until the reign of Edward VI. The castle was erected
by Bishop Alexander in 1123, and the bridge about
the same time. Under Stephen a mint was established.
There were burgesses in Newark at the time of the
Domesday Survey, and in the reign of Edward III. there
is evidence that it had long been a borough by prescription.
It was incorporated under an alderman and twelve assistants
in 1549, and the charter was confirmed and extended
by Elizabeth I. Charles I., owing to the increasing
commercial prosperity of the town, reincorporated
it under a mayor and aldermen, and this charter, except
for a temporary surrender under James II, has continued
the governing charter of the corporation. Newark returned
two representatives to parliament from 1673 until
1889.
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