The American Cyclopædia (1879)/Newark (England)

NEWARK, a municipal and parliamentary borough of Nottinghamshire, England, on an E. branch of the Trent, 114 m. N. N. W. of London, with which it is connected by the Northwestern and Midland railways ; pop. in 1871, 12,195. It is well paved and lighted with gas. The ancient church of St. Mary Magdalene, partly rebuilt in the time of Henry VI., and recently restored, is one of the largest and finest churches in the kingdom. Newark has a spacious market place, a town hall, grammar school, public charities, and a large trade in corn, coal, cattle, wool, and especially malt and flour. Here are the ruins of a castle in which King John died in 1216. Charles II. incorporated the town for its loyalty to his father during the civil wars.