Lost Newark by Jillian Campbell

Lost Newark by Jillian Campbell

The town of Newark has been an important place since medieval times, when it became a major centre for wool and cloth production. The town grew around its once-impressive castle, built in the eleventh and twelfth centuries but later destroyed in 1646 following the town's surrender to attacking Parliamentary forces during the Civil War. The town expanded and developed again in Victorian times, and a number of new industries were established, among them sugar refining, which is still in evidence today.In Lost Newark local authors Jillian Campbell and Mike Cox step back in time and rediscover Newark's lost buildings and remember the forgotten architectural heritage that once embellished this attractive East Midlands market town.

Jillian has had a life-long interest in the history of Newark, firstly through her father when a child, to the early days of the Local History Society. She is on several committees of heritage friend’s groups in the town and takes an active part in conducting historical town tours. She is a volunteer at two museums in the town. She has worked for a large company in Newark for thirty years, and previously travelled abroad with her husband army service. She has one son, a University Lecturer in Norwich, who luckily has inherited her interest in the past. Mike was born in the village of Farndon near to Newark, educated at the village school and later the town’s Magnus Grammar School. He became an apprentice engineer at the local firm of Worthington Simpson LTD and became a design engineer. On retirement he became a Governor and later Chairman of Governors of the Newark Magnus School. History and particularly local history has always been an interest and hobby. He was an early member of Newark Archaeological and Local History Society and co-opted to its council as a youth representative. He has been Chairman of NALHS for some 10 years. He is married to Linda and has two grown up daughters and a grandson.

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ISBN 13	9781445668024
ISBN 10	1445668025
Title	Lost Newark
Author	Jillian Campbell
Series	Lost
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Amberley Publishing
Year published	2017-07-15
Number of pages	96
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