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St. Mary Magdalene Church, Newark, from the east.
Photo (68,916 bytes) taken 25th December 1999 with Minolta X500 35mm SLR camera. Aperture f8, exposure between 1/125th and 1/250th second, 28-70mm zoom lens (set at 28mm).
Independent Chapel, Lombard Street, Newark. This old chapel, built in ?, is now in use an an Antiques Centre, as the disfiguring sign makes all too clear.
Photo (55,501 bytes) taken 30th January 1991 with Minolta X500 35mm SLR camera. Aperture f5.6, exposure between 1/125th and 1/250th second, 24mm lens.
St. Augustine's Church. Situated in a prominent position at the junction of Newton Street and Barnby Road, this Anglican chapel of ease was closed in 1999. It has now been converted into a set of residential apartments.
Photo (37,928 bytes) taken 25th December 1999 with Minolta X500 35mm SLR camera. Aperture f8, exposure 1/125th second, 28-70mm zoom lens (set at 28mm).
Newark Castle from the north-east, showing the interior of some of the remaining walls; the massive main gate is to the right of the picture.
Photo (62,754 bytes) taken 25th December 1999 with Minolta X500 35mm SLR camera. Aperture f8, exposure between 1/125th and 1/250th second, 28-70mm zoom lens (set at 28mm).
Newark Castle from the north-west. This view is from across the river, with the main gate on the extreme left.
Photo (76,678 bytes) taken 25th December 1999 with Minolta X500 35mm SLR camera. Aperture f8, exposure 1/125th second, 28-70mm zoom lens (set at 28mm).
Former Savings Bank and later Registrar's Office, Newark.
Photo (38,835 bytes) taken 30th January 1991 with Minolta X500 35mm SLR camera. Aperture f5.6, exposure between 1/60th and 1/125th second, 50mm lens.
The former Gilstrap public library was purpose-built for the town by a local brewer, Sir William Gilstrap, at his own expense and opened in 1883. It is located within the castle grounds in Castlegate.
Photo (56,867 bytes) taken 25th December 1999 with Minolta X500 35mm SLR camera. Aperture f8, exposure between 1/125th and 1/250th second, 28-70mm zoom lens (set at 28mm).
The Palace Theatre stands on a corner site in Appletongate. This small theatre, which opened its doors for the first time, as a cinema, in 1910, adds colour to the street scene.
Photo (48,476 bytes) 25th December 1999 with Minolta X500 35mm SLR camera. Aperture f8, exposure between 1/125th and 1/250th second, 28-70mm zoom lens (set at 28mm).
Ossington Coffee Palace. In 1822 Viscountess Ossington opened this grand establishment, on the corner of Beastmarket Hill and Bargate, as a temperance hotel, in the hope of tempting farmers away from the demon drink (alcohol). Since Newark was at the time the biggest centre of brewing in the country, this was rather optimistic.
Photo (63,072 bytes) 25th December 1999 with Minolta X500 35mm SLR camera. Aperture f5.6, exposure between 1/125th and 1/250th second, 28-70mm zoom lens (set at 28mm).
Barnby Road School.
Photo (47,172 bytes) 25th December 1999 with Minolta X500 35mm SLR camera. Aperture f8, exposure between 1/60th and 1/125th second, 28-70mm zoom lens (set at 28mm).
Another view of Barnby Road School.
Photo (54,327 bytes) 25th December 1999 with Minolta X500 35mm SLR camera. Aperture f8, exposure 1/60th second, 28-70mm zoom lens (set at 28mm).
All that remains of a once substantial three-wing block of small houses named Tenter Buildings. This was the end of the south-east wing. The outline can be seen on the detailed 1829 map of Newark.
This photo (49,365 bytes) 9th December 2000 with Minolta X500 35mm SLR camera. Aperture f16, exposure between 1/125th and 1/250th second, 28-70mm zoom lens (set at 35mm).
Newark Town Hall was originally built in 1773 without the south-west wing (on the left) because of difficulties in acquiring the properties which already stood on the site. The dark area in the foreground consists of market stalls standing in the shadow of other buildings. The two dark shapes at the base of the two central columns are Christmas trees.
This photo (48,504 bytes) 9th December 2000 with Minolta X500 35mm SLR camera. Aperture f11, exposure between 1/125th and 1/250th second, 28-70mm zoom lens (set at 60mm).
Standing in the south-east corner of the Market Place and now the premises of Nottingham Building Society, the Olde White Hart was one of Newark's most important inns during and after the Civil War. Originally a house, it dates from the early 15th century. The rectangular arch on the left was the entrance for coaches and is characteristic of all old coaching inns.
This photo (49,525 bytes) 9th December 2000 with Minolta X500 35mm SLR camera. Aperture f5.6, exposure 1/125th second, 28-70mm zoom lens (set at 55mm).
This photo of Kirkgate shows two very old timber-framed houses on the left, with upper floors overhanging the footpath; one is known as Henrietta Maria's Lodging House because she (Queen to King Charles I) stayed there on the way to take mercenery troops she had raised in the Low Countries to her husband during the Civil War.
This photo (35,941 bytes) 9th December 2000 with Minolta X500 35mm SLR camera. Aperture f11, exposure between 1/125th and 1/250th second, 28-70mm zoom lens (set at 28mm).
Kirkgate again. The houses mentioned above are barely visible in the distance in this second photo, which includes the junction with Middlegate.
This photo (36,030 bytes) 9th December 2000 with Minolta X500 35mm SLR camera. Aperture f11, exposure 1/250th second, 28-70mm zoom lens (set at 35mm).
Nottingham University.
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St. Stephen's Church, Sneinton.
Photo (75,251 bytes) taken 16th April 1993 with Minolta X500 35mm SLR camera. Aperture f8, exposure between 1/125th and 1/250th second, 50mm lens.
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