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Winthorpe, the Village 1909 (ref. 61809) | The world seems to have passed Winthorpe by. The A1 is between it and Newark, so the village is free from through traffic. The Midland Railway line between Newark and Lincoln skirted the northern edge of the village. Up to the end of 1847 Winthorpe appeared in the Midland timetable, but it appears that no train ever stopped there. |  Add your own Memory
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Balderton, the Village 1909 (ref. 61814) | The builder of Syerston Hall, William Fillingham, has a connection with Balderton in that his ancestors were farmers there. Though William was himself a farmer, he was also a land surveyor, property developer and investor in canals. He obtained Syerston in 1792 when he bought 500 acres from Lewis Fytche for £12,375. William died before Syerston Hall was finished; it was completed by his son, George. | Add your own Memory
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Balderton, the Wesleyan Chapel 1909 (ref. 61816) | It was after they had founded the Holy Club at Oxford in 1729 that John and Charles Wesley began their evangelical missionary work with a trip to Georgia. It was there that the basic principles of what would become the Methodist movement were first established. John returned home to spread the word. He visited nearby Newark six times between 1743 and 1788. | Add your own Memory
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Balderton, the Village 1909 (ref. 61813) | In 1909 Balderton was a farming parish adjacent to Newark. In the late 17th century the local freeholders and copyholders were happy to accept enclosure of their open-field system, and came to a private arrangement with Robert Williams of Balderton manor. Adopting enclosure meant that sheep and cattle could be kept away from crops. | Add your own Memory
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Hawton, the Church 1890 (ref. 24691) | The church of All Saints is considered to have the finest chancel in Nottinghamshire, as well as a magnificent 14th-century Easter Sepulchre. The church was extended in the 1480s with the addition of the tower, south aisle and clerestory. | Add your own Memory
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Holme, St Giles' Church 1909 (ref. 61810) | Holme is a hamlet on the east bank of the Trent slightly north of Winthorpe. The church was rebuilt in 1485 by John Barton of Calais. It is distinctive in that its porch, with its upper room and flanking round tower, would look more at home on a fortified manor house. It is said that during the Great Plague one of the villagers took refuge inside the church. Eventually, having run out of food, she came out. All were dead except for just one man. | Add your own Memory
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Newark, Castle and Gardens 1904 (ref. 51732) | The oldest picture we have that is taken from this angle is dated 1890; the only difference is that in those days the gatehouse was ivy-free. The gatehouse, 45?ft by 30?ft with walls nine feet thick, was designed and built by Ranulph of Durham, and is one of the earliest examples of a gatehouse fulfilling the role of a keep. | Add your own Memory
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Newark, Castle and Free Library 1895 (ref. 35549) | The library was paid for by Sir William Gilstrap (1816–1896) who had made his money as a maltster. He also contributed to the fund that enabled the castle grounds to be converted from a cattle market to public gardens. | Add your own Memory
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Newark, Castle and Footbridge 1890 (ref. 24648) | As can be seen here, the river formed part of the castle's defences. The landward defences included a moat, a drawbridge and a barbican. During the English Civil War the castle was the focal point of the town's defences, but there were other extensive fortifications including the Queen's Sconce, a star-shaped artillery emplacement, and one of the most impressive Civil War fortifications to survive to this day. Covering three acres, it controlled the point where the Fosse Way crossed the River Devon. The wooden bridge was built in 1827 to take the canal towpath over to millrace. | Add your own Memory
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Newark, Farndon Ferry 1923 (ref. 74627) | There has been a ferry at Farndon for centuries; these days the village offers river users extensive facilities, including a large marina created out of some old gravel pits. | Add your own Memory
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Newark, Castle Gate 1904 (ref. 51741) | This view looks down Castle Gate and the road to Leicester and Nottingham. In later years the house on the extreme left of the picture would become the Castle Garage. The marooned ornate street lamp would end its days painted with black and white bands and carrying signposts for London, Grantham, Leicester, Nottingham, Sleaford, Gainsborough and Lincoln. On the left is the Ram Hotel, once one of Newarks principal coaching inns. | Add your own Memory
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Newark, Bridge Street 1906 (ref. 56492) | Freeman, Hardy & Willis must have been one of the earliest high street chains to establish themselves in large and small towns alike. They appear to have been early exponents of the corporate image, both in the style of lettering used on their signs and in the way their premises were fitted out. Many feature the same design of outside lighting. | Add your own Memory
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Newark, Kelham Hall 1890 (ref. 24696) | Kelham Hall was designed by Sir Gilbert Scott to replace an earlier structure destroyed by fire in the late 1850s. It was at the original hall that King Charles I is said to have finally surrendered to the Scots in 1645. The King's arrival at Newark had taken the Scots by surprise, but they immediately sounded Parliament out with a view to eventually selling his majesty to the English. | Add your own Memory
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Newark, Stodman Street 1906 (ref. 56494) | Sunlight and shadow in Stodman Street. On the left the butcher takes time out for a chat, while the young boys are either intrigued by the antics of our cameraman, or waiting for something to run him over. The butcher's shop is interesting in that it is open on two sides; the butcher either cuts his meat in the street, or he has brought the block out to swill it down. | Add your own Memory
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Newark, Kelham Hall Bridge 1904 (ref. 51749) | Situated between the Hall and the village, Kelham Bridge's one claim to fame is that it was rammed and split in two by a small iceberg that floated down the Trent during the winter of 1854–55. | Add your own Memory
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Newark, from St Mary's Church Tower c1965 (ref. N12060) | In this view from the top of St Mary's tower, the castle ruins can be seen in the centre background. Following Newark's surrender, the Parliamentarians smashed the bowl of the 15th-century font in St Mary's; it was eventually replaced around 1660. This act of restoration has resulted in the 15th-century saints having mid 17th-century heads. | Add your own Memory
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Newark, from the Church Tower 1923 (ref. 74604) | The church is worth a visit, if only for its early 16th-century black rood screen, the only surviving example of the work of Thomas Drawsword. The reredos looks as though it might date from the 14th century, but is in fact by Sir Ninian Comper, whose other work in Nottinghamshire includes a rood screen at St Mary's, Egmanton (1896), and a statue of the Virgin at St Mary the Virgin, Clumber Park. | Add your own Memory
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Newark, Trent Bridge c1955 (ref. N12053) | For centuries, the repair of bridges and maintenance of roads was the responsibility of the parishes in which they were situated, though important crossing points were often maintained through a levy raised from a number of parishes. Between 1678 and 1695 the parish of Kelham was indicted on numerous occasions for failing to repair 'a footbridge situate near the eastern end of Tunebridge, and leading from Muskham to Newark, a market town'. Newark itself was indicted on more than one occasion for failing to maintain bridges. | Add your own Memory
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Newark, The Parish Church c1955 (ref. N12010) | St Mary's is well known for the large number of chantries endowed by Newark's wealthier inhabitants. Many wealthy merchants, such as Thomas Meering, made sure that there was provision in their wills to enable a priest to say a Mass every day for the good of their souls. For its size, St Mary's had more chantries than most parish churches, an indication of just how prosperous the town was between the 13th and 16th centuries. | Add your own Memory
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Newark, Trent Bridge c1955 (ref. N12052) | Newark owes much of its development to the fact that Henry I gave Alexander, Bishop of Lincoln, permission to divert the route of the Fosse Way through the town. In the late 17th century the main road from Nottingham to Newark went via Charlton (Carlton), Burton, Gunthorp (Gunthorpe), Horingham Ferry (Hoveringham), Bleasby Ferry and Stoak (Stoke) where it joined the Fosse Way. | Add your own Memory
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