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St Mary's is well known for the large number of chantries endowed by Newark's wealthier inhabitants.
Newark is a town with a wealth of historic buildings, and it is relatively little changed compared with Grantham or even Nottingham.
From Southwell the tour heads north-east back to the River Trent north of Newark and on to Sutton-on-Trent.
The route leaves Newark and heads six miles west to the small and delightful town of Southwell, whose minster church had been founded by the Archbishop of York before AD956.
This seems a quiet day, for my childhood memories of passing through Newark are of nose-to-tail crawls and relief on crossing the bridge.
The Gateway, seen here from the Newarkes, was ruined around 1832, having survived the siege of the town by Prince Rupert and King Charles I in 1645.
Newark enjoyed great prosperity in the 18th century through industrial growth and through its status as a coaching town on the Great North Road.
It was on this street that a chantry house was provided, built by the widow of wealthy Newark merchant Alan Flemyng.
Gladstone was a nominee of the Duke of Newcastle, who effectively chose Newark's members of parliament.
By the late 1950s it had become overwhelmed, and Newark Road, known as the bypass, was constructed on the east side of the village.
Newark grew up where the Roman road from Axminster to Lincoln met the medieval Great North Road's predecessor and crossed the River Trent.
By the late 1950s it had become overwhelmed, and Newark Road, known as the bypass, was constructed on the east side of the village.
This particular view shows the curve of the street: this echoes the line of New Park Street and Monday Market Street, which follow the castle's banks and ditches.
For years seventeen acres of canalside land has been left vacant and derelict, a depressing backdrop to the modern, eye-catching new art gallery.
Another important aspect of this development is a new park, and this forms part of a wider vision to improve access to, and the environment of, the whole of the green wedge that runs through the
