Editing Newark-on-Trent

{{Short description|Market town in Nottinghamshire, England}}
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| map_type = Nottinghamshire
| official_name = Newark-on-Trent
| population = 30,345
| population_ref = (2021)
| shire_district = [[Newark and Sherwood]]
| shire_county = [[Nottinghamshire]]
| region = East Midlands
| constituency_westminster = [[Newark (UK Parliament constituency)|Newark]]
| parts_type = Areas of the town
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| p6 = [[Castle Brewery, Newark|Castle Brewery]] (Ward)
| p7 = [[Devon, Newark-on-Trent|Devon]] (Ward)
| p8 = Magnus (Ward)
| p9 = Sleaford (Ward)
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| p12 = [[Coddington, Nottinghamshire|Coddington]]
| p13 = [[Farndon, Nottinghamshire|Farndon]]
| p14 = [[Fernwood, Nottinghamshire|Fernwood]]
| p15 = [[Hawton]]
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'''Newark-on-Trent''' ({{IPAc-en|,|nj|uː|ər|k|_|-}})<ref>Collins Dictionary {{cite web |url= https://www.collinsdictionary.com/dictionary/english/newark-on-trent |title=Newark-on-Trent in British |publisher=collinsdictionary.com |access-date=12 July 2018}}</ref> or '''Newark'''<ref>{{Cite web |title=Newark - Visit Nottinghamshire |url=https://www.visit-nottinghamshire.co.uk/explore/market-towns/newark |access-date=2023-04-20 |website=www.visit-nottinghamshire.co.uk}}</ref> is a [[market town]] and [[civil parish]] in the [[Newark and Sherwood]] district in [[Nottinghamshire]], England.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://mapit.mysociety.org/area/148722.html |title=Newark |publisher=Mapit |access-date=10 February 2018 |url-status=live |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20180505210505/https://mapit.mysociety.org/area/148722.html |archive-date=5 May 2018}}</ref> It is on the [[River Trent]], and was historically a major [[inland port]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Newark |publisher=Canal & River Trust |url=https://canalrivertrust.org.uk/places-to-visit/newark |access-date=2022-01-23 |website=canalrivertrust.org.uk |language=en}}</ref> The [[A1 road (Great Britain)|A1]] road bypasses the town on the line of the ancient [[Great North Road (Great Britain)|Great North Road]]. The town's origins are likely to be [[Roman Britain|Roman]], as it lies on a major Roman road, the [[Fosse Way]]. It grew up around [[Newark Castle, Nottinghamshire|Newark Castle]], [[Church of St Mary Magdalene, Newark-on-Trent|St Mary Magdalene church]] and later developed as a centre for the wool and cloth trades.

In the [[English Civil War]], it was besieged by [[Roundheads|Parliamentary forces]] and [[Relief of Newark|relieved]] by [[Cavaliers|Royalist forces]] under [[Prince Rupert]]. Newark has a marketplace lined with many historical buildings and one of its most notable landmarks is [[Church of St Mary Magdalene, Newark-on-Trent|St Mary Magdalene church]] with its towering spire at {{convert|232|ft|m|abbr=off}} high and the highest structure in the town. The church is the tallest church building in Nottinghamshire and can be seen when entering Newark or bypassing it.<ref>{{cite web |title=History – St Mary Magdalene with St Leonard, Newark|url=https://stmnewark.org/history/|access-date=2022-01-23 |language=en-GB}}</ref> The population of the town was recorded at 30,345 at the [[2021 United Kingdom census|2021 census]].<ref name=":0" />

==Etymology==
The place-name Newark is first attested in the [[cartulary]] of [[Eynsham Abbey]] in Oxfordshire, where it appears as "Newercha" in about 1054–1057 and "Niweweorche" in about 1075–1092. It appears as "Newerche" in the 1086 [[Domesday Book]]. The name "New werk" has the apparent meaning of "New fort".<ref>[[Eilert Ekwall]], ''The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Place-names'', p. 339.</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Key to English Place-names |url=http://kepn.nottingham.ac.uk/map/place/ |access-date=2025-05-16 |website=kepn.nottingham.ac.uk}}</ref>

[[File:River Trent from Trent Bridge, Newark on Trent - geograph.org.uk - 2565135.jpg|thumb|The River Trent in Newark on Trent]]

==History==

===Early history===
The origins of the town are possibly [[Roman Britain|Roman]], from its position on an important Roman road, the [[Fosse Way]]. In a document which purports to be a charter of 664 AD, Newark is mentioned as having been granted to the [[Peterborough Cathedral|Abbey of Peterborough]] by King [[Wulfhere of Mercia]]. An [[Anglo-Saxon pagan]] cemetery used from the early fifth to early seventh centuries has been found in Millgate, Newark, close to the Fosse Way and the River Trent. There cremated remains were buried in pottery urns.<ref>{{Cite book |title=The Anglo-Saxon Cemetery at Millgate, Newark-on-Trent, Nottinghamshire. Excavations between 1958 and 1978 |last=Kinsley |first=A. G. |year=1989 |publisher=Nottingham Archaeological Monographs |isbn=0-904857-02-6}}</ref>

In the reign of [[Edward the Confessor]], Newark belonged to [[Godiva]] and her husband [[Leofric, Earl of Mercia]], who granted it to [[Stow Minster]] in 1055. After the [[Norman Conquest]], Stow Minster retained the revenues of Newark, but it came under the control of the Norman Bishop [[Remigius de Fécamp]], after whose death control passed to the Bishops of Lincoln from 1092 until the reign of [[Edward VI]]. There were [[Burgess (title)|burgesses]] in Newark at the time of the [[Domesday]] survey. The reign of [[Edward III of England|Edward III]] shows evidence that it had long been a [[borough]] by prescription. The [[Newark wapentake]] (hundred) in the east of Nottinghamshire was established in the period of [[Anglo-Saxons|Anglo-Saxon]] rule (10th–11th centuries).

===Medieval to Stuart period===
[[Newark Castle, Nottinghamshire|Newark Castle]] was originally a fortified [[manor house]] founded by the Anglo-Saxon King Edward the Elder. In 1073, [[Remigius de Fécamp]], Bishop of Lincoln, put up an [[Earthworks (engineering)|earthwork]] [[motte and bailey|motte-and-bailey]] fortress on the site. The river bridge was built about this time under a charter from [[Henry I of England|Henry I]], as was St Leonard's Hospital. The bishopric also gained from the king a charter to hold a five-day fair at the castle each year, and under King [[Stephen of England|Stephen]] to establish a mint. [[John, King of England|King John]] died of [[dysentery]] in Newark Castle in 1216.<ref>{{Cite news |last1=Watson |first1=Greig |title=King John: Dysentery and the death that changed history |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-nottinghamshire-37641202 |publisher=BBC |access-date=11 November 2017 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171111204955/http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-nottinghamshire-37641202 |archive-date=11 November 2017 |date=19 October 2016}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |date=2011-11-18 |title=Let's move to: Newark-on-Trent, Nottinghamshire |url=http://www.theguardian.com/money/2011/nov/18/lets-move-to-newark-nottinghamshire|access-date=2021-08-06 |newspaper=[[The Guardian]] |language=en}}</ref><ref>Cornelius Brown, A History of Nottinghamshire, (1896) Retrieved on the 28th April 2023</ref>

[[File:Newark Castle - geograph.org.uk - 6368033.jpg|thumb|[[Newark Castle, Nottinghamshire|Newark Castle]]]]

The town became a local centre for the wool and cloth trade – by the time of [[Henry II of England|Henry II]] a major market was held there. Wednesday and Saturday markets in the town were founded in the period 1156–1329, under a series of charters from the Bishop of Lincoln.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.history.ac.uk/cmh/gaz/notts.html |title=Gazetteer of Markets and Fairs to 1516: Nottinghamshire |first=Samantha Letters (content); Olwen Myhill |last=(web) |date=18 June 2003 |website=history.ac.uk |access-date=5 May 2018 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171027181417/http://www.history.ac.uk/cmh/gaz/notts.html |archive-date=27 October 2017}}</ref> After his death, [[Henry III of England|Henry III]] tried to bring order to the country, but the mercenary Robert de Gaugy refused to yield Newark Castle to the [[Bishop of Lincoln]], its rightful owner. This led to the [[Dauphin of France]] (later King [[Louis VIII of France]]) laying an eight-day siege on behalf of the king, ended by an agreement to pay the mercenary to leave. Around the time of [[Edward III of England|Edward III]]'s death in 1377, "[[Tax per head|Poll tax]] records show an adult population of 1,178, excluding beggars and clergy, making Newark one of the biggest 25 or so towns in England."<ref>[http://www.newarkfuture.net/Exhibition%20Boards%20-%20final.pdf ''Newark Future,'' 2008] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110722174154/http://www.newarkfuture.net/Exhibition%20Boards%20-%20final.pdf |date=22 July 2011}}</ref>

In 1457 a flood swept away the bridge over the Trent. Although there was no legal requirement to do so, the Bishop of Lincoln, [[John Chadworth]], funded a new bridge of oak with stone defensive towers at either end. In January 1571 or 1572, the composer [[Robert Parsons (composer)|Robert Parsons]] fell into the swollen River Trent at Newark and drowned.<ref name=Humphreys>{{Cite book |last1=Humphreys |first1=Maggie |last2=Evans |first2=Robert |title=Dictionary of composers for the Church in Great Britain and Ireland |date=1997 |publisher=Mansell |location=London |isbn=9780720123302 |edition=1. publ.}}</ref>

[[File:Newark - Newark Castle - 20240224171244.jpg|
thumb|[[Newark Castle, Nottinghamshire|Newark Castle – interior]]]]
After the [[English Reformation|break with Rome]] in the 16th century, the establishment of the [[Church of England]], and the [[dissolution of the monasteries]], [[Henry VIII]] had the Vicar of Newark, Henry Lytherland, executed for refusing to acknowledge the king as head of the Church. The dissolution affected Newark's political landscape. Even more radical changes came in 1547, when the [[Bishop of Lincoln]] exchanged ownership of the town with the Crown. Newark was incorporated under an [[alderman]] and twelve assistants in 1549, and the charter was confirmed and extended by [[Elizabeth I]].

[[Charles I of England|Charles I]] reincorporated the town under a [[mayor]] and aldermen, owing to its increasing commercial prosperity. This charter, except for a temporary surrender under [[James II of England|James II]], continued to govern the corporation until the [[Municipal Corporations Act 1835]].

===The Civil War===
[[File:Siege piece shilling from Newark-on-Trent.JPG|thumb|A makeshift royalist [[Shilling (English coin)|shilling]] (siege piece) made from silver plate in the siege]]
{{See also|Siege money (Newark)}}
In the English Civil War, Newark was a Royalist stronghold, Charles I having raised his standard in nearby Nottingham. "Newark was besieged on three occasions and finally surrendered only when ordered to do so by the King after his own surrender."<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.newark-sherwooddc.gov.uk/ppimageupload/Image36882.PDF|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110613195933/http://www.newark-sherwooddc.gov.uk/ppimageupload/Image36882.PDF|url-status=dead|title=Newark Civil War Trail|archivedate=13 June 2011}}</ref> It was attacked in February 1643 by two troops of horsemen, but beat them back. The town fielded at times as many as 600 soldiers, and raided Nottingham, [[Grantham]], [[Northampton]], [[Gainsborough, Lincolnshire|Gainsborough]] and other places with mixed success, but enough to cause it to rise to national notice. In 1644 Newark was besieged by forces from Nottingham, Lincoln and [[Derby]], until [[Relief of Newark|relieved]] in March by [[Prince Rupert]].

Parliament commenced a new siege towards the end of January 1645 after more raiding, but this was relieved about a month later by Sir [[Marmaduke Langdale]]. Newark cavalry fought with the king's forces, which were decisively defeated in the [[Battle of Naseby]], near [[Leicester]] in June 1645.

The final siege began in November 1645, by which time the town's defences had been much strengthened. Two major forts had been built just outside the town, one called the [[Queen's Sconce]] to the south-west, and another, the King's Sconce, to the north-east, both close to the river, with defensive walls and a water-filled ditch of 2¼ miles around the town. The King's May 1646 order to surrender was only accepted under protest by the town's garrison. After that, much of the defences was destroyed, including the Castle, which was left in essentially the state it can be seen today. The Queen's Sconce was left largely untouched; its remains are in [[Sconce and Devon Park]].

===Georgian era and early 19th century===
[[File:Newark Castle and bridge London Published by J Deeley, 95 Bewick St Soho, 1812 Coloured aquatint.jpg|thumb|[[Newark Castle, Nottinghamshire|Newark Castle]] {{circa|1812}}]]
[[File:Town Hall, Newark-on-Trent (geograph 3654724).jpg|thumb|[[Newark Town Hall]], completed in 1776]]
About 1770 the [[Great North Road (Great Britain)|Great North Road]] around Newark (now the A616) was raised on a long series of arches to ensure it remained clear of the regular floods. A special [[Act of Parliament]] in 1773 allowed the creation of a town hall next to the Market Place. Designed by [[John Carr (architect)|John Carr of York]] and completed in 1776, [[Newark Town Hall]] is now a Grade I listed building, housing a museum and art gallery. In 1775 the [[Duke of Newcastle]], at the time the Lord of the Manor and a major landowner in the area, built a new brick bridge with stone facing to replace a dilapidated one next to the Castle. This is still one of the town's major thoroughfares today.

A noted 18th-century advocate of reform in Newark was the printer and newspaper owner Daniel Holt (1766–1799). He was imprisoned for printing a leaflet advocating parliamentary reform and for selling a pamphlet by [[Thomas Paine]].<ref>An account of Holt's life by Alan Dorling appears in the ''Nottinghamshire Historian'' journal, spring/summer 2000, pp. 9–15, with further detail in autumn/winter 2003, pp. 8–12.</ref>

In a milieu of parliamentary reform, the Duke of Newcastle evicted over a hundred Newark tenants whom he believed to support directly or indirectly at the 1829 elections the Liberal/Radical candidate (Wilde), rather than his candidate, (Michael Sadler, a progressive Conservative).<ref>See the report in Cornelius Brown 1907, ii, 243 ff.; and the report in ''The Times'' for 7 October 1829. A report in ''The Times'' of 10 September 1832 lists ten of the evicted by name and address.</ref>

J. S. Baxter, a schoolboy in Newark in 1830–1840, contributed to ''The Hungry Forties: Life under the Bread Tax'' (London, 1904), a book about the [[Corn Laws]]: "Chartists and rioters came from Nottingham into Newark, parading the streets with penny loaves dripped in blood carried on pikes, crying 'Bread or blood'."

===19th–21st centuries===
Many buildings and much industry appeared in the [[Victorian era]]. The buildings included the Independent Chapel (1822), Holy Trinity (1836–1837), [[Christ Church, Newark|Christ Church]] (1837), [[Newark Castle railway station|Castle Railway Station]] (1846), the Wesleyan Chapel (1846), the [[Corn Exchange, Newark-on-Trent|Corn Exchange]] (1848), the Methodist New Connexion Chapel (1848), W. N. Nicholson Trent Ironworks (1840s), [[Newark Northgate railway station|Northgate Railway Station]] (1851), North End Wesleyan Chapel (1868), St Leonard's Anglican Church (1873), the Baptist Chapel (1876), the Primitive Methodist Chapel (1878), [[Newark Hospital]] (1881), Ossington Coffee Palace (1882), Gilstrap Free Library (1883), the Market Hall (1884), the Unitarian Chapel (1884), the Fire Station (1889), the Waterworks (1898), and the School of Science and Art (1900).

[[File:Stodman Street - geograph.org.uk - 3118090.jpg|thumb|Stodman Street, Newark]]

The [[Ossington Coffee Tavern, Newark on Trent|Ossington Coffee Palace]] was built by Lady Charlotte Ossington, daughter of the [[William Bentinck, 4th Duke of Portland|4th Duke of Portland]] and widow of a former Speaker of the House of Commons, [[Evelyn Denison, 1st Viscount Ossington|Viscount Ossington]]. It was designed to be a [[Temperance movement|Temperance]] alternative to pubs and coaching inns.<ref>{{cite web |title=Ossington Coffee Palace |url= http://www.visitoruk.com/Newark-on-Trent/ossington-coffee-palace-C567-AT4997.html |website=Welcome to Newark-on-Trent}}</ref>

[[image:UK NewarkonTrent.jpg|thumb|upright 0.7|Signpost in Newark-on-Trent]]

These changes and industrial growth raised the population from under 7,000 in 1800 to over 15,000 by the end of the century. The Sherwood Avenue Drill Hall opened in 1914 as the [[World War I|First World War]] began.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.drillhalls.org/Counties/Nottinghamshire/TownNewark.htm |title=Newark on Trent |publisher=The Drill Halls Project |access-date=9 September 2017 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170910172810/http://www.drillhalls.org/Counties/Nottinghamshire/TownNewark.htm |archive-date=10 September 2017}}</ref>

[[File:UK Newark on Trent cemetery polish Presidents.jpg|thumb|Polish war memorial in Newark Cemetery, with the graves of three Polish [[Polish government-in-exile#Presidents|Presidents-in-Exile]] in front of it]]
In the [[World War II|Second World War]] there were several RAF stations within a few miles of Newark, many holding squadrons of the [[Polish Air Force]]. A plot was set aside in Newark Cemetery for RAF burials. This is now the war graves plot, where all but ten of the 90 Commonwealth and all of the 397 Polish burials were made. The cemetery also has 49 scattered burials from the [[World War I|First World War]]. A memorial cross to the Polish airmen buried there was unveiled in 1941 by [[Władysław Raczkiewicz|President Raczkiewicz]], ex-President of the Polish Republic and head of the wartime Polish government in London, supported by [[Władysław Sikorski]], head of the [[Polish Armed Forces in the West]] and [[Polish government-in-exile#Prime ministers|Prime Minister of the Polish Government in Exile]] in 1939–1943. When the two died – Sikorski in 1943 and Raczkiewicz in 1947 – they were buried at the foot of the monument. Sikorski's remains were returned to Poland in 1993, but his former grave in Newark remains as a monument.<ref>{{cite web |title=Newark upon Trent Cemetery |url= http://www.cwgc.org/find-a-cemetery/cemetery/2069700/NEWARK-UPON-TRENT%20CEMETERY |publisher=Commonwealth War Graves Commission |access-date=23 June 2012 |url-status=live |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20121015153508/http://www.cwgc.org/find-a-cemetery/cemetery/2069700/NEWARK-UPON-TRENT%20CEMETERY |archive-date=15 October 2012}}</ref> [[RAF Winthorpe]] was opened in 1940 and declared inactive in 1959. The site is now the location of the [[Newark Air Museum]].

[[File:English ElectricLightning T.5, XS417, Newark Air Museum, Nottinghamshire. - 49728230091.jpg|thumb|A T5 XS417 Aircraft [[Newark Air Museum]]]]

The main industries in Newark in the last hundred years have been clothing, bearings, pumps, agricultural machinery and pine furniture, and the refining of sugar. [[British Sugar]] still has one of its [[sugar beet|sugar-beet]] processing factories to the north of the town near the [[A616 road|A616]] (Great North Road). There have been several factory closures<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-nottinghamshire-61165235.amp | title=Goodlife Foods: More than 100 jobs to go in Newark factory closure | date=20 April 2022 }}</ref> especially since the 1950s. The [[Brewery|breweries]] that closed in the 20th century included James Hole<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://breweryhistory.com/wiki/index.php?title=Hole_%26_Co._Ltd|title=Hole & Co. Ltd - Brewery History Society Wiki}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.gracesguide.co.uk/James_Hole_and_Co |title=James Hole and Co – Graces Guide |website=gracesguide.co.uk}}</ref> and Warwicks-and-Richardsons.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://breweryhistory.com/wiki/index.php?title=Warwicks_%26_Richardsons_Ltd|title=Warwicks & Richardsons Ltd - Brewery History Society Wiki}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.gracesguide.co.uk/Warwick_and_Richardson |title=Warwick and Richardson – Graces Guide |website=gracesguide.co.uk}}</ref>

==Population==
Newark had a population of 30,345 at the 2021 census,<ref name=":0">{{NOMIS2021|id=E04013148|title=Newark parish|accessdate=4 February 2024}}</ref> a 10% increase from the 27,700 of the [[2011 United Kingdom census|2011 census]].<ref name="2011 pop">{{NOMIS2011|id=E04007928|title=Newark Parish|access-date=23 January 2022}}</ref> The ONS Mid Year Population Estimates for 2007 indicated that the population had risen to some 26,700.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.nottinghamshire.gov.uk/home/youandyourcommunity/factsaboutnotts/yrcom_facts-thecounty.htm |title=Nottinghamshire – the County |publisher=[[Nottinghamshire County Council]] |website=nottinghamshire.gov.uk |access-date=21 August 2009 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081201145822/http://www.nottinghamshire.gov.uk/home/youandyourcommunity/factsaboutnotts/yrcom_facts-thecounty.htm |archive-date=1 December 2008 }}</ref> Another estimate (2009): "The population of Newark itself was 27,700 and the district of Newark and Sherwood has a population of 75,000 at the 2011 Census.<ref>[http://www.lincolncollege.ac.uk/main/newark-college-town ''The Town of Newark-on-Trent''] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090701050442/http://www.lincolncollege.ac.uk/main/newark-college-town |date=1 July 2009}}, Lincoln College.</ref> The [[Office for National Statistics]] also identifies a wider "Newark-on-Trent built up area" with a 2011 census population of 43,363<ref name=2011BUA>{{NOMIS2011|id=E34004948|title=Newark-on-Trent Built-up area|access-date=23 January 2022}} ''Includes map showing area''</ref> and a "Newark-on-Trent built up area subdivision" with a population of 37,084.<ref name=2011BUASD>{{NOMIS2011|id=E35001494|title=Newark-on-Trent Built-up area sub division|access-date=23 January 2022}} ''Includes map showing area''</ref> In the 2011 census, 77 per cent of adults in the town are employed, according to the latest ONS data.<ref name="2011 pop" />

==Geography==
By road, Newark is {{convert|21|mi}} from [[Nottingham]], {{convert|19|mi}} from [[Lincoln, England|Lincoln]] and {{convert|40|mi}} from [[Leicester]]. All are connected to the town by the [[A46 road]]. The town is also around {{convert|20|mi}} from [[Mansfield, Nottinghamshire|Mansfield]], {{convert|14|mi}} from [[Grantham]], {{convert|19|mi}} from [[Sleaford]], {{convert|9|mi}} from [[Southwell, Nottinghamshire|Southwell]] and {{convert|11|mi}} from [[Bingham, Nottinghamshire|Bingham]].

Newark lies on the bank of the River Trent, with the [[River Devon, Nottinghamshire|River Devon]] running as a tributary through the town. Standing at the intersection of the Great North Road and the [[Fosse Way]], Newark originally grew around [[Newark Castle, Nottinghamshire|Newark Castle]], now ruined, and a large market place now lined with historic buildings.

Newark forms a single built-up area with the neighbouring parish of [[Balderton]] to the south-east. To the south, on the [[A46 road]], is [[Farndon, Nottinghamshire|Farndon]], and to the north [[Winthorpe, Nottinghamshire|Winthorpe]].

Newark's growth and development have been enhanced by one of few bridges over the River Trent, by the navigability of the river, by the presence of the Great North Road (the A1, etc.), and later by the advance of the railways, bringing a junction between the [[East Coast Main Line]] and the Nottingham to Lincoln route. "Newark became a substantial inland port, particularly for the wool trade,"<ref>Andrew Nicholson, [http://www.nottsheritagegateway.org.uk/places/newark.htm ''Newark-on-Trent''] {{Webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091030075724/http://www.nottsheritagegateway.org.uk/places/newark.htm |date=30 October 2009}} at Nottinghamshire Heritage Gateway.</ref> though it industrialised somewhat in the Victorian era and later had an ironworks, engineering, brewing and a sugar refinery.

The A1 bypass was opened in 1964 by the then Minister of Transport, [[Ernest Marples]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.winthorpe.org.uk/the-a1-by-pass1|title=The A1 By-Pass |website=Winthorpe Village, Nottinghamshire |access-date=5 May 2018 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171028043328/https://www.winthorpe.org.uk/the-a1-by-pass1 |archive-date=28 October 2017}}</ref> The single-carriageway, £34 million A46 opened in October 1990.

Following years of planning, preparatory work was started in 2023 to create an extension and bypass-link from the A46 at Farndon, via Middlebeck to the A1 near [[Fernwood, Nottinghamshire|Fernwood]].<ref>[https://www.newarkadvertiser.co.uk/news/final-hurdle-for-link-road-project-9278239/ Final hurdle for Newark southern link road project, Newark and Sherwood District Council hears] ''[[Newark Advertiser]]'', 10 October 2022. Retrieved 29 December 2023</ref><ref>[https://www.middlebecknewark.com/southern-link-road/ Southern Link Road] middlebecknewark.com. Retrieved 29 December 2023</ref>

==Governance==
{{main|Newark (UK Parliament constituency)}}
The [[Newark (UK Parliament constituency)|parliamentary borough of Newark]] returned two [[Member of Parliament (United Kingdom)|Members of Parliament]] (MPs) to the [[Unreformed House of Commons]] from 1673. It was the last borough to be created before the Reform Act. [[William Ewart Gladstone]], later [[Prime Minister]], became its MP in 1832 and was re-elected in 1835, in 1837, and in 1841 twice, but possibly due to his support of the [[repeal]] of the [[Corn Laws]] and other issues he stood elsewhere after that time.

Newark elections were central to two interesting legal cases. In 1945, a challenge to [[Harold Laski]], the Chairman of the [[National Executive Committee of the Labour Party]], led Laski to sue the ''[[Daily Express]]'', which had reported him as saying Labour might take power by violence if defeated at the polls. Laski vehemently denied saying this, but lost the action. In the [[1997 United Kingdom general election|1997 general election]], Newark returned [[Fiona Jones]] of the Labour Party. Jones and her election agent Des Whicher were convicted of submitting a fraudulent declaration of expenses, but the conviction was overturned on appeal.

Newark's former MP [[Patrick Mercer]], [[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative]]<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-27292214 |title=Helmer to fight Newark seat for UKIP |date=6 May 2014 |access-date=5 May 2018 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141210174625/http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-27292214 |archive-date=10 December 2014 |publisher=BBC News}}</ref> held the position of Shadow Minister for Homeland Security from June 2003 until March 2007, when he had to resign after making racially contentious comments to ''[[The Times]]''.<ref>{{Cite news |first=David |last=Byers |title=Tory front-bencher sparks race row with 'black bastards' gibe |url=http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/politics/article1484909.ece |work=The Times |location=London |date=8 March 2007 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070320155041/http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/politics/article1484909.ece |archive-date=20 March 2007}}</ref>

At a by-election on 5 June 2014 after the resignation of [[Patrick Mercer]], he was replaced by the Conservative [[Robert Jenrick]], who was re-elected at the general election of 7 May 2015.<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-27711254 |title=Conservatives win Newark by-election |date=6 June 2014 |access-date=5 May 2018 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161012055430/http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-27711254 |archive-date=12 October 2016 |publisher=BBC News}}</ref>

Newark has three local-government tiers: Newark Town Council, [[Newark and Sherwood]] District Council and [[Nottinghamshire County Council]]. The 39 district councillors cover waste, planning, environmental health, licensing, car parks, housing, leisure and culture. It opened a national Civil War Centre and Newark Museum in May 2015. The area elects ten councillors to Nottinghamshire County Council.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.nottinghamshire.gov.uk/home/your_council/councillorsandtheirrole/councillors/whoisyourcllr/cllrs-bydistrict.htm?district=Newark%20and%20Sherwood |title=County Councillors by district – Nottinghamshire County Council |work=nottinghamshire.gov.uk |year=2011 |access-date=29 August 2011 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120112120010/http://www.nottinghamshire.gov.uk/home/your_council/councillorsandtheirrole/councillors/whoisyourcllr/cllrs-bydistrict.htm?district=Newark%20and%20Sherwood |archive-date=12 January 2012}}</ref> It provides children's services, adult care, and highways and transport services. 

===Newark Town Council===
The town has an elected council of 18 members from seven wards: Beacon (5 councillors), Bridge (3), Castle (2), Devon (5), Magnus (1), Sleaford (1) and South (1).<ref>{{cite web |title=Your Councillors |url=https://www.newark.gov.uk/the-council/councillors/ |publisher=Newark Town Council |access-date=7 October 2024}}</ref>  Newark Town Council has taken on some responsibilities devolved by Newark and Sherwood District Council, including parks, open spaces and Newark Market. It also runs events such as the LocAle and Weinfest,<ref>{{cite web |url=http://newark.gov.uk/events/locale-weinfest.html |title=LocAle & Weinfest – Newark Town Council |work=newark.gov.uk |year=2011 |access-date=29 August 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120331104953/http://newark.gov.uk/events/locale-weinfest.html |archive-date=31 March 2012}}</ref> a museum in the Town Hall,<ref>{{cite web |url=http://newark.gov.uk/museum/museum.html |title=Museum – Newark Town Council |work=newark.gov.uk |year=2011 |access-date=29 August 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110907014922/http://newark.gov.uk/museum/museum.html |archive-date=7 September 2011}}</ref> and allotments.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://newark.gov.uk/allotments/allotments-2.html |title=Allotments – Newark Town Council |work=newark.gov.uk |year=2011 |access-date=29 August 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110807164905/http://newark.gov.uk/allotments/allotments-2.html |archive-date=7 August 2011}}</ref>

A new police station costing £7 million opened in October 2006.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.nottinghampost.com/news/nottingham-news/officers-could-leave-share-newark-3054024 |title=Officers could leave or share police station just 13 years after it was built |first=Matt |last=Jarram |date=5 July 2019 |website=nottinghampost}}</ref>

==Education==
The town has three main [[Mixed-sex education|mixed]] [[secondary schools]]:
* The oldest, [[Magnus Church of England Academy]], founded in 1531 by the diplomat [[Thomas Magnus]], lies close to the town centre.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.magnusacademy.co.uk./ |title=Home |website=magnusacademy.co.uk.}}</ref>
* [[The Newark Academy]] is in neighbouring [[Balderton]]<ref>{{cite web |url=http://thenewarkacademy.org.uk/ |title=The Newark Academy |publisher=The Newark Academy |access-date=2014-02-10}}</ref> (previously The Grove School).<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.newarkadvertiser.co.uk/news/school-unveiled-as-academy-9024831/ |title=School unveiled as academy|date=November 2012}}</ref> It underwent a £25 million rebuild in 2016 after a long campaign.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.newarkadvertiser.co.uk/news/work-on-newark-academys-new-school-building-9010661. |title=Work on Newark Academy's new school building marked by turf-cutting |date=7 November 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://premierconstructionnews.com/2016/06/18/newark-academy.|title=Newark Academy |date=18 June 2016}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2013-06-17 |title=Schools that were promised new buildings are still crumbling, years later |url=http://www.theguardian.com/education/2013/jun/17/priority-schools-building-programme-inadequate |access-date=2022-11-29 |website=The Guardian |language=en}}</ref>
* In 2020 the [[Suthers School]] opened.<ref>{{cite web |title=Home {{!}} The Suthers School |url=https://thesuthersschool.co.uk/ |access-date=2022-06-27 |website=thesuthersschool.co.uk}}</ref>

The town's several [[primary school]]s include a new school in the Middlebeck development on the town's southern edge, opened in September 2021.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.middlebecknewark.com/new-chapter-christ-church-school | title=New chapter for Christ Church School | date=13 December 2019 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.christchurchprimarynewark.co.uk/ |title=Christ Church C of E Infant & Nursery School – Enquiring minds, Independent hearts |publisher=Christchurchprimarynewark.co.uk |accessdate=2022-08-23}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Nanrah |first=Gurjeet |date=2020-09-24 |title=Work starts on new primary school at 3,150 home development |url=https://www.nottinghampost.com/news/local-news/work-begins-newark-primary-school-4541295 |access-date=2025-05-16 |website=Nottinghamshire Live |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.newarkadvertiser.co.uk/news/pictures-show-newarks-new-primary-school-as-it-starts-to-take-shape-9155166. |title=Pictures show Newark's new primary school as it starts to take shape |date=2 February 2021}}</ref>

Newark College, part of the [[Lincoln College, Lincolnshire]] Group, is situated on Friary Road, Newark, where it is home to the School of Musical Instrument Crafts. This school, which opened in 1972, has courses to train craftspeople to make and repair guitars, violins, and woodwind instruments, and to tune and restore pianos.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.newarkadvertiser.co.uk/news/college-welcomes-experienced-piano-tuner-to-teach-9257170/ | title=Newark College welcomes experienced piano tuner to teach at the School of Music Instrument Craft | date=1 June 2022 }}</ref>

==Economy==
British Sugar PLC runs a mill on the outskirts that opened in 1921. It has 130 permanent employees and processes 1.6 million tonnes of sugar beet produced by about 800 UK growers, at an average distance of 28 miles from the factory. Of the output, 250,000 tonnes are processed and supplied to food and drink manufacturers in the UK and across Europe. At the heart of the Newark factory's operations is a combined heat and power (CHP) plant, with boilers fuelled by natural gas to meet the site's steam and electricity requirements and contribute to the grid enough power for 800 homes. The installation is rated under the government CHP environmental quality-assurance scheme.

Other major employers are [[Ransome & Marles|a bearings factory]] (part of the [[NSK Ltd.|NSK]] group) with some 200 employees, and Laurens Patisseries,<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.laurens.co.uk/index.html|title=< Laurens Patisseries >>>|date=25 October 2008|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081025063651/http://www.laurens.co.uk/index.html |archive-date=25 October 2008 }}</ref> part of the food group [[Bakkavör]] since May 2006, which bought it for £130 million. It employs over 1,000. In 2007, [[Currys]] opened a £30 million national distribution centre next to the A17 near the A46 roundabout, and moved its national distribution centre there in 2005, with over 1,400 staff employed at the site at peak times. Flowserve, formerly [[Ingersoll Rand|Ingersoll Dresser Pumps]], has a manufacturing facility in the town. Project Telecom in Brunel Drive was bought by [[Vodafone]] in 2003 for a reported £163 million. Since 1985, Newark has been host to the biggest antiques outlet in Europe, the Newark International Antiques and Collectors Fair, held bi-monthly at Newark Showground. Newark has plentiful antique shops and centres.

==Culture==
Newark hosts Newark [[Rugby Union]] Football Club, whose players have included [[Dusty Hare]], [[John Wells (rugby)|John Wells]], [[Greig Tonks]] and [[Tom Ryder (rugby union)|Tom Ryder]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.rfu.com/News/2011/July/News%20Articles/200711_wells_newark.aspx |title=John Wells honoured by Newark |publisher=Rugby Football Union |year=2011 |access-date=29 August 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20120112202251/http://www.rfu.com/News/2011/July/News%20Articles/200711_wells_newark.aspx |archive-date=12 January 2012}}</ref> The town has a leisure centre in Bowbridge Road, opened in 2016.

[[Newark and Sherwood Concert Band]], with over 50 regular players, has performed at numerous area events in the last few years. Also based in Newark are the Royal Air Force Music Charitable Trust and Lincolnshire Chamber Orchestra.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.malcolmgoodman.com/malcolm-goodman-mbe/lincolnshire-chamber-orchestra/ |title=Malcolm Goodman MBE ARCM Lincolnshire Chamber Orchestra |website=malcolmgoodman.com |access-date=5 May 2018 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180416143008/http://www.malcolmgoodman.com/malcolm-goodman-mbe/lincolnshire-chamber-orchestra/ |archive-date=16 April 2018}}</ref>

The [[Palace Theatre, Newark|Palace Theatre]] in Appletongate is Newark's main entertainment venue, offering drama, live music, dance and film.

The National Civil War Centre and Newark Museum, next to the Palace Theatre in Appletongate in the town centre, opened in 2015 to interpret Newark's part in the English Civil War in the 17th century and explore its wider implications.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.nationalcivilwarcentre.com/ |title=National Civil War Centre, Newark |website=nationalcivilwarcentre.com |access-date=5 May 2018 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180107132305/http://www.nationalcivilwarcentre.com/ |archive-date=7 January 2018}}</ref>

The district was ranked in a survey reported in 2020 as one of the best places to live in the UK.<ref>{{Cite news |date=2020-01-31 |title=Survey reveals Newark and Sherwood to be among best places to live in the UK |url=https://www.newarkadvertiser.co.uk/news/survey-reveals-newark-and-sherwood-to-be-among-best-places-to-live-in-the-uk-9098186/ |access-date=2021-08-06 |newspaper=Newark Advertiser |language=en}}</ref>

==Landmarks and treasures==
[[File:St.Mary Magdalene's tower - geograph.org.uk - 332768.jpg|thumb|upright|Tower of [[Church of St Mary Magdalene, Newark-on-Trent|St Mary Magdalene's Church]]]]
*The Market Place is the town's focal point. It includes ''The Queen's Head'', one of the town's old pubs.
*The [[Church of St. Mary Magdalene, Newark-on-Trent|Church of St. Mary Magdalene]] is a [[Grade I listed]] building notable for its tower and octagonal spire ({{convert|236|ft|m}} high), the tallest in the county for a church. It was [[Victorian restoration|heavily restored]] in the mid-19th century by Sir [[George Gilbert Scott]]. The reredos was added by Sir [[Ninian Comper]].<ref name="Listing">{{National Heritage List for England|num=1279450 |desc=Church of St Mary Magdalene and attached railing |access-date=22 August 2017 |mode=cs2}}</ref>
*[[Newark Castle, Nottinghamshire|Newark Castle]] was built by the Trent by [[Alexander of Lincoln]], the [[Bishop of Lincoln]] in 1123, who established it as a [[Mint (coin)|mint]].<ref>Pettifer, pp. 148 and 201.</ref> Of the original [[Norman architecture|Norman]] stronghold, the chief remains are the [[gate-house]], a [[crypt]] and the tower at the south-west angle. [[John of England|King John]] died there on the night of 18 October 1216.<ref>Fryde, Greenway, Porter and Roy, p. 37.</ref><ref>Warren, pp. 254–255.</ref> In the reign of [[Edward III of England|Edward III]] it was being used as a state prison. In the English Civil War it was garrisoned for Charles I and endured three sieges. Its dismantling was begun in 1646, after the royalist surrender.
*The 16th-century Governor's House, named after [[Sir Richard Willis, 1st Baronet|Sir Richard Willis]], Castle Governor in the English Civil War, is in Stodman Street. Now housing a bread shop and cafe, it is a Grade I listed building.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.britishlistedbuildings.co.uk/en-385192-governor-s-house-newark-nottinghamshire |title=Governor's House, Newark |publisher=British Listed Buildings |access-date=10 February 2014 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140222062836/http://www.britishlistedbuildings.co.uk/en-385192-governor-s-house-newark-nottinghamshire |archive-date= 22 February 2014}}</ref>

===Newark Torc===
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The Newark Torc, a silver and gold [[Iron Age]] [[torc]], was the first found in Nottinghamshire. It resembles that of the [[Snettisham Hoard]]. Uncovered in 2005, it occupies a field on the town's outskirts,<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.theguardian.com/uk/2005/feb/18/artsandhumanities.arts |title=Iron age necklace discovered |first=Martin |last=Wainwright |work=The Guardian |place=London |date=20 November 2008 |access-date=20 November 2008 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140917194924/http://www.theguardian.com/uk/2005/feb/18/artsandhumanities.arts |archive-date=17 September 2014}}</ref> and in 2008 was acquired by Newark and Sherwood District Council.<ref>{{Cite news |url=http://news.scotsman.com/latestnews/Necklace-goes-on-show-after.4712366.jp |title=Necklace goes on show after 2,000 years in farmer's field |date=18 February 2005 |access-date=20 November 2008 |work=The Scotsman |place=Edinburgh}}</ref> The torc was displayed at the British Museum in London until the opening of the National Civil War Centre and Newark Museum in May 2015. It is now shown in the museum galleries.

==Churches and other religious sites==
[[File:Church_of_St._Mary_Magdalene,_Newark-on-Trent_-_geograph.org.uk_-_2565124.jpg|thumb|St Mary Magdalene Church Newark on Trent]]

Newark's churches include the Grade I listed [[parish church]], [[Church of St Mary Magdalene, Newark-on-Trent|St Mary Magdalene]]. Other Anglican parish churches include [[Christ Church, Newark|Christ Church]] in Boundary Road and [[St Leonard's Church, Newark|St Leonard's]] in Lincoln Road. The [[Catholic Church|Catholic]] Holy Trinity Church was consecrated in 1979.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.holytrinitynewark.org.uk/church/ |title=Holy Trinity Parish RC Community, Newark – Roman Catholic Church |work=holytrinitynewark.org.uk |year=2011 |access-date=29 August 2011 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120114123606/http://www.holytrinitynewark.org.uk/church/ |archive-date=14 January 2012}}</ref> Other places of worship include three [[Methodist Church of Great Britain|Methodist]] churches,<ref>[https://www.newarkandsouthwellmethodist.org.uk/ Newark Methodist Circuit. Retrieved 23 April 2020.]</ref> the [[Baptists Together|Baptist]] Church in Albert Street, and the Church of Promise, founded in 2007.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.churchofpromise.org.uk/about_church_of_promise.html |title=Church of Promise in Newark |work=churchofpromise.org.uk |year=2011 |access-date=29 August 2011 |url-status=live |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20120331104632/http://www.churchofpromise.org.uk/about_church_of_promise.html |archive-date=31 March 2012}}</ref>

In 2014 the Newark Odinist Temple, a Grade II [[listed building]] in Bede House Lane, was consecrated according to the rites of the [[Heathenry in the United Kingdom|Odinist Fellowship]], making it the first heathen temple operating in England in modern times.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.odinisttemple.uk |title=Newark Odinist Temple |year=2014}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |title=Temple in Town – A Spiritual Alternative |work=[[Newark Advertiser]] |date=18 June 2015}}</ref>

==Transport==
Newark is a [[commuter town]], with many residents travelling to Lincoln and Nottingham and even London.<ref>{{Cite news |date=28 May 2017 |title=Newark: the Nottinghamshire market town for country loving commuters |url=https://www.thetimes.com/life-style/property-home/article/newark-the-nottinghamshire-market-town-for-country-loving-commuters-xrxk20p7j |website=[[The Times]] |last=Greenwood |first=Lynne}}</ref>

Newark has two railway stations. The [[East Coast Main Line]] serves [[Newark North Gate railway station]] with links to {{rws|London King's Cross}} in about an hour and a quarter, and north to {{rws|Leeds}}, [[Hull Paragon Interchange|Hull]], [[Newcastle railway station|Newcastle upon Tyne]] and {{rws|Edinburgh Waverley}}. [[Newark Castle railway station]] on the {{rws|Leicester}} – {{rws|Nottingham}} – {{rws|Lincoln}} line provides cross-country regional links. The two meet at the [[Newark flat crossing|last flat crossing]] in Britain.<ref>{{Cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=CACSpMn3mUIC&pg=PA6 |title=Britain from the Rails: A Window Gazer's Guide |author=Benedict le Vay |page=6 |publisher=Bradt Travel Guides |year=2009 |access-date=29 August 2011 |isbn=9781841622774 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131111173810/http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=CACSpMn3mUIC&pg=PA6 |archive-date=11 November 2013}}</ref> [[Grade separation]] has been proposed.<ref>{{cite web |title=East Midlands Route Utilisation Strategy |url=http://www.networkrail.co.uk/browse%20documents/rus%20documents/route%20utilisation%20strategies/east%20midlands/east%20midlands%20rus.pdf |access-date=8 June 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110607020708/http://www.networkrail.co.uk/browse%20documents/rus%20documents/route%20utilisation%20strategies/east%20midlands/east%20midlands%20rus.pdf |archive-date=7 June 2011}}</ref>

The main roads of Newark include the [[A1 road (Great Britain)|A1]] and [[A46 road|A46]] as bypasses. The [[A17 road (England)|A17]] runs east to [[King's Lynn]], [[Norfolk]], and the [[A616 road|A616]] north to [[Huddersfield]], [[West Yorkshire]]. 

The town has its own bus station, [[Newark bus station]]. The bus-service providers include [[Stagecoach in Lincolnshire]] ("Newark busabouttown"),<ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.stagecoachbus.com/PdfUploads/Timetable_13212_Newark%20Town%20Guide.pdf |title=Newark Town Guide] stagecoachbus.com |website=stagecoachbus.com |access-date=5 May 2018 |url-status=dead |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20120113113315/http://www.stagecoachbus.com/PdfUploads/Timetable_13212_Newark%20Town%20Guide.pdf |archive-date=13 January 2012}}</ref> Marshalls and Travel Wright,<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.nottinghamshire.gov.uk/home/traffic_and_travel/buses/tt_buses_trains-planyourjourney/buses-busoperators.htm |title=Bus operators – Nottinghamshire County Council |work=nottinghamshire.gov.uk |year=2011 |access-date=29 August 2011 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111213061004/http://www.nottinghamshire.gov.uk/home/traffic_and_travel/buses/tt_buses_trains-planyourjourney/buses-busoperators.htm |archive-date=13 December 2011}}</ref> under Nottinghamshire County Council control,<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.nottinghamshire.gov.uk/home/traffic_and_travel/strategy-policy/infostrat.htm |title=Local bus service strategy – Nottinghamshire County Council |work=nottinghamshire.gov.uk |year=2011 |access-date=30 August 2011 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111213035029/http://www.nottinghamshire.gov.uk/home/traffic_and_travel/strategy-policy/infostrat.htm |archive-date=13 December 2011}}</ref>

==Media==
The town's weekly ''[[Newark Advertiser]]'', founded in 1854, is owned by Newark Advertiser Co Ltd, which also publishes local newspapers in [[Southwell, Nottinghamshire|Southwell]] and [[Bingham, Nottinghamshire|Bingham]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.britishpapers.co.uk/england-emids/newark-advertiser/ |title=Newark Advertiser &#124; British Newspapers Online |work=britishpapers.co.uk |year=2011 |access-date=29 August 2011 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111003042855/http://www.britishpapers.co.uk/england-emids/newark-advertiser/ |archive-date=3 October 2011}}</ref>

Local radio stations are [[BBC Radio Nottingham]] on 95.1 FM, [[Capital Midlands]] on 96.2 FM, [[Smooth Radio East Midlands]] on 106.6 FM, [[Hits Radio Lincolnshire]] also covers the area on [[Digital Audio Broadcasting|DAB]], and its community station ''Radio Newark'' began broadcasting on 107.8 FM in May 2015, after three successful trials in 2014 and 2015. It replaced a community station, Boundary Sound, which ceased broadcasting in 2011.

Local news and television programmes are provided by [[BBC East Midlands]] and [[ITV Central]] from the [[Waltham transmitting station|Waltham]] TV transmitter. The [[Belmont transmitting station|Belmont]] TV transmitter can also be received in the town which broadcast [[BBC Yorkshire and Lincolnshire]] and [[ITV Yorkshire]].

==Notable people==
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===Armed forces===
*[[Gonville Bromhead]] (1845–1891), army officer and [[Victoria Cross]] recipient educated at [[Magnus Grammar School]]
*[[John Cartwright (political reformer)|John Cartwright]] (1740–1824), naval officer, militia major and political reformer educated in Newark.

===Fine arts===
*[[William Caparne]] (1855–1940) – botanical artist and horticulturalist born in Newark
*[[William Cubley]] (1816–1896) – artist settled in Newark
*[[William Nicholson (artist)|William Nicholson]] (1872–1949) – painter and illustrator born in Newark

===Literature===
*[[George Allen (publisher)|George Allen]] (1832–1907) – engraver and publisher born in Newark
*[[John Barnard (biographer)|John Barnard]] (died 1683) – biographer and religious writer, who died in Newark
*[[Cornelius Brown]] (1852–1907) – journalist and historian, ''[[Newark Advertiser]]''<ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.nottshistory.org.uk/Brown1896/brown.htm |title=Nottinghamshire history > A History of Nottinghamshire, (1896) |website=nottshistory.org.uk |access-date=5 May 2018 |url-status=live |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20160303184943/http://www.nottshistory.org.uk/Brown1896/brown.htm |archive-date=3 March 2016}}</ref>
*[[Henry Constable]] (1562–1613) – poet (early [[sonnet]]eer) born in Newark<ref>{{Cite book |title = Magna Carta Ancestry: A Study in Colonial and Medieval Families, ed. Kimball G. Everingham |last=Richardson |first=Douglas |location=Salt Lake City |year=2011 |edition=2nd |volume=I |isbn=978-1449966379}}</ref><ref>{{Cite EB1911|wstitle= Constable, Henry |volume= 6 |last= Gosse |first= Edmund William |author-link= Edmund William Gosse| page = 982 |short= 1}}</ref>
*[[Winifred Gales]] (1761–1839) – novelist and memoirist<ref>R. B. Elliot (1986) and Winifred Marshall Gales, ''Dictionary of North Carolina Biography'' (Vol. 2, pp. 270). Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press</ref>
*[[Matt Haig]] (born 1975) - author and journalist grew up in the town<ref>{{cite news | url=https://www.theguardian.com/books/2018/jul/14/matt-haig-made-in-newark-on-trent | title=Matt Haig on Newark-on-Trent: 'I didn't know where I wanted to escape to. Anywhere would do' | newspaper=The Guardian | date=14 July 2018 | last1=Haig | first1=Matt }}</ref>
*[[Thomas William Robertson|T. W. Robertson]] (1829–1871) – playwright and innovative stage director<ref>ODNB entry: [http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/23814 Retrieved 9 September 2011. Subscription required.]</ref>

===Music===
*[[John Blow]] (1649–1708) – composer and organist<ref>ODNB entry: [http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/2704 Retrieved 9 September 2011. Subscription required.]</ref>
*[[Ian Burden]] (born 1957) – keyboard player with [[the Human League]]
* [[Archie Camden]] (1888–1979) – bassoonist, born in Stodman Street, Newark<ref>'Archie Camden Back in Newark', in ''The Newark Advertiser'', 30 November 1968, p. 24</ref>
*[[Jay McGuiness]] (born 1990) – singer with [[The Wanted]]<ref>This Is Nottingham site: [http://www.thisisnottingham.co.uk/Interview-boyband-Wanted/story-12168861-detail/story.html Retrieved 19 June 2011.] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120908001449/http://www.thisisnottingham.co.uk/Interview-boyband-Wanted/story-12168861-detail/story.html |date=8 September 2012 }}</ref>

===Politics and government===
*[[Richard Alexander (UK politician)|Richard Alexander]] (1934–2008) – Conservative politician<ref>Obituary: [https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/1897456/Richard-Alexander.html Retrieved 9 September 2011.] {{Webarchive |url= https://web.archive.org/web/20170704213919/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/1897456/Richard-Alexander.html |date=4 July 2017}}</ref>
*[[Edward Bishop, Baron Bishopston|Ted Bishop]] (1920–1984) – Labour politician, created Baron Bishopston of Newark in the County of Nottinghamshire
*[[William Robert Bousfield]] (1854–1943) – Conservative politician, lawyer and psychologist born in Newark
*Sir [[Bryce Chudleigh Burt]] (1881–1943) – administrator in the [[British Raj]] born in Newark
*[[John Cartwright (political reformer)|John Cartwright]] (1740–1824) – politician and preacher, attended Newark Grammar School.
*[[Robert Constable (died 1591)|Robert Constable]] (1522–1591) – parliamentarian and soldier
*[[Sir Robert Heron, 2nd Baronet|Robert Heron]] (1765–1854) – Whig politician.<ref>ODNB entry: [http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/13091 Retrieved 9 September 2011. Subscription required.]</ref>
*[[Robert Jenrick]] (born 1982) – Conservative politician, MP for Newark since June 2014
*[[King John of England]] (1166–1216) – died in Newark.
*[[Fiona Jones]] (1957–2007) – Labour politician, MP for Newark<ref>"Fiona Jones; Obituary". Telegraph.co.uk (Telegraph Media Group). 8 February 2007. Retrieved 2008-11-01.</ref>
*[[Nigel Doughty]] (1957–2012) – Former Assistant Treasurer of the [[Labour Party (UK)|Labour Party]]. Former [[Nottingham Forest F.C.|Nottingham Forest Football Club]] owner, born in Newark 
*[[Patrick Mercer]] (born 1956) – Conservative politician, MP for Newark 2001–2014
*[[Arthur Richardson (politician)|Arthur Richardson]] (1860–1936) – Liberal/Labour politician who attended Magnus Grammar School

===Religion===
*[[Alexander of Lincoln]] (died 1148) – [[Bishop of Lincoln]], founded a hospital for [[leper]]s in Newark.
*[[Annette Cooper]] (born 1953) – Anglican [[Archdeacon of Colchester]], educated at Lilley and Stone Girls' High School in Newark
*[[John Burdett Wittenoom]] (1788–1855) – pioneer cleric and headmaster in [[Swan River Colony]], Australia, born in Newark

===Science and technology===
*[[John Arderne]] (1307–1392) – notable surgeon, lived in Newark in early life.
*[[Basil Baily]] (1869–1942) – architect
*[[Francis Clater]] (1756–1823) – farrier and veterinary writer
*[[Godfrey Hounsfield]] (1919–2004) – electrical engineer, Nobel Laureate in medicine, inventor of the [[X-ray computed tomography|CT scanner]]<ref>ODNB entry: [http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/93911 Retrieved 9 September 2011. Subscription required.]</ref>
*[[Rupert Sheldrake]] (born 1942) – biochemist and [[parapsychology]] researcher born in Newark
*[[Giovanni Francisco Vigani]] ({{Circa|1650}}–1712) – chemist from [[Verona]], who first settled in Newark in 1682
*[[Frederick Smeeton Williams]] (1829–1886) – writer on railways<ref>ODNB entry: [http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/29503 Retrieved 9 September 2011. Subscription required.]</ref>

===Sports===
*[[David Avanesyan]] (born 15 August 1988) – professional boxer
*[[Steve Baines]] (born 1954) – League footballer and referee<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20080212193554/http://www.chesterfield-fc.premiumtv.co.uk/page/PastPlayersDetail/0,,10435~73481,00.html Playing profile] : [[Chesterfield FC]] Official website.</ref>
*[[Craig Dudley]] (born 1979) – professional association footballer
*[[Harry Hall (footballer, born 1893)|Harry Hall]] (born 1893 – death date unknown) – professional association footballer
*[[Willie Hall (English footballer)|Willie Hall]] (1912–1967) – Notts County, Tottenham Hotspur and England footballer
*[[Dusty Hare]] (born 1952) – rugby union international
*[[Phil Joslin (referee)|Phil Joslin]] (born 1959) – league football referee<ref>[http://www.football-lineups.com/referee/281/ Retrieved 9 September 2011.] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210913084648/https://www.football-lineups.com/referee/281/ |date=13 September 2021 }} See his page for further references.</ref>
*[[Mary King (equestrian)|Mary King]] (born Thomson, 1961) – Olympic equestrian sportswoman
*[[Sam McMahon (footballer)|Sam McMahon]] (born 1976) – professional association footballer<ref>Soccerbase [http://www.soccerbase.com/players/player.sd?player_id=5250 Retrieved 27 January 2016.] {{Webarchive |url= https://web.archive.org/web/20160201215650/http://www.soccerbase.com/players/player.sd?player_id=5250 |date=1 February 2016}}</ref>
*[[Shane Nicholson (footballer)|Shane Nicholson]] (born 1970) – league footballer<ref>Soccer Base [http://www.soccerbase.com/players/player.sd?player_id=5857 Retrieved 9 September 2011.] {{Webarchive |url= https://web.archive.org/web/20121104061107/http://www.soccerbase.com/players/player.sd?player_id=5857 |date=4 November 2012}}</ref>
*[[Henry Slater (cricketer, born 1839)|Henry Slater]] (1839–1905) – first-class cricketer born in Newark
*[[Mark Smalley]] (born 1965) – professional association footballer born in Newark
*[[William Streets]] (born 1772, fl. 1792–1803) – cricketer<ref>Cricket Archive site: [https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/37/37755/37755.html Retrieved 9 September 2011.] {{Webarchive |url= https://web.archive.org/web/20171027181434/http://www.cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/37/37755/37755.html |date=27 October 2017 }}</ref>
*[[Chad Sugden]] (born 27 April 1994) – professional boxer born in Newark

===Stage and screen===
*[[Arthur Leslie]] (1899–1970) – actor and playwright, born in Newark
*[[Norman Pace]] (born 1953) – actor and comedian
*[[Terence Longdon]] (1922–2011) – screen actor<ref>Obituary: [https://www.theguardian.com/film/2011/jun/13/terence-longdon-obituary Retrieved 9 September 2011.] {{Webarchive |url= https://web.archive.org/web/20160330010309/http://www.theguardian.com/film/2011/jun/13/terence-longdon-obituary |date=30 March 2016 }}</ref>
*[[Donald Wolfit]] (1902–1968) – Shakespearean actor<ref>[http://www.magnuscofe.notts.sch.uk/historyalumni.htm Magnus School, History & Alumni] {{Webarchive |url= https://web.archive.org/web/20120709090536/http://www.magnuscofe.notts.sch.uk/historyalumni.htm |date=9 July 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.nndb.com/people/590/000278753/ |title=Donald Wolfit |website=nndb.com |access-date=5 May 2018 |url-status=live |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20160702223223/http://www.nndb.com/people/590/000278753/ |archive-date=2 July 2016}}</ref>
*[[Toby Kebbell]] (born 1982) – actor educated at the Grove School<ref>"Toby Kebbell Drops Out and Tunes In" [http://gregtruman.com/toby-kebbell-drops-out-and-tunes-in Retrieved 3 December 2017] {{Webarchive |url= https://web.archive.org/web/20171205094509/http://gregtruman.com/toby-kebbell-drops-out-and-tunes-in/ |date=5 December 2017}}</ref>
*[[Nathan Foad]] (born 1992) – actor and writer

==Twin towns==
Since 1984 Newark has been [[twin towns and sister cities|twinned]] with:
* [[Emmendingen]], Germany<ref name="Newark twinning">{{cite web |url= http://www.newarktwinning.co.uk/ |title=Home |work=newarktwinning.co.uk |year=2009 |access-date=29 August 2011 |url-status=live |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20130523134217/http://newarktwinning.co.uk/ |archive-date=23 May 2013}}</ref>
* [[Saint-Cyr-sur-Loire]], France<ref name="Newark twinning"/>
* [[Sandomierz]], Poland<ref name="Newark twinning"/>

==Arms==
{{Infobox COA wide
|title = Newark-on-Trent Town Council
|image = Blason ville uk Newark-on-Trent (Nottinghamshire).svg
|escutcheon = Barry wavy of six Argent and Azure on a chief Gules a peacock in his pride Proper between a fleur-de-lis on the dexter and a lion passant guardant on the sinister Or
|crest = On a wreath Argent and Azure a morfex Argent beaked Sable holding in its beak an eel Proper
|torse = Gules doubled Argent.
|supporters = On the dexter side an otter and on the sinister side a beaver the latter langued Gules
|motto = Deo Fretus Erumpe (Trust God And Sally)<ref>{{cite web |url= http://civicheraldry.co.uk/east_midlands.html |title=East Midlands Region |publisher=Civic Heraldry of England |access-date=8 March 2021}}</ref>
|notes = Originally granted to the Borough of Newark-on-Trent on 8 December 1561.}}

==See also==
*[[Listed buildings in Newark-on-Trent]]

==References==
{{reflist}}
;Bibliography
{{Refbegin}}
*{{EB1911 |wstitle=Newark (Nottinghamshire) |display=Newark, a market town and municipal borough in the Newark parliamentary division of Nottinghamshire, England |ref=none}}
*{{Cite book |last=Smyth |first=Victor |title=Life of a country boy 1925–1940: one boy's life in the Newark area |year=1993}}
*{{Cite book |title=Newark in the Second World War |last=Mallory |first=Robert |year=1995 |publisher=Nottinghamshire County Council and Newark and Sherwood District Council |location=West Bridgford}}
{{Refend}}

==External links==
{{Wikivoyage|Newark-on-Trent}}{{Commons category}}{{Wikisource1911Enc|Newark (Nottinghamshire)|Newark-on-Trent}}
*[http://www.newark.gov.uk Newark Town Council]
*[http://www.nottsheritagegateway.org.uk/places/newark.htm Thoroton Society bibliography]
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20190126034241/http://newarkcarnival.com/ Newark Carnival] Community carnival for Newark
* {{cite EB9 |wstitle = Newark (1.) |volume= XVII | pages= 369-370 |short=1}}
*{{Cite NIE|short=x|wstitle=Newark (Nottinghamshire)|display=Newark, or Newark-upon-Trent}}

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