1.Who was the architect who built the Town Hall and assembly rooms?

John Carr of York

2. Who donated the plaque to commemorate the men and women who worked at the local airfields in WW2?

Mr and Mrs Tony Wilkinson

3. Where did Prince Rupert stay after he fell out with the King?

The Governor’s House

4. Who stayed at the Clinton Arms Hotel during 1806 and 1807?

Lord Byron

5. Where did the heroine of ‘The Heart of Midlothian’ stay on her way to London and what was her name?

Jeannie Dean

Saracen’s Head

6. What was this building originally and when was it built?

The original White Hart, built in the 14^th century

7. Where was Lords Byron’s first book of poems published?

29 Market Place.  There is a plaque next to Porters.  This was originally Ridley’s printers.

8. Can you spot the shop that used to be Burtons.  What is it now?

Ladbrookes

9. What was the purpose of the wooden block next to it?

A bear baiting post

10. When was the reunion held in Newark-on-Trent?

1995

11. Who reminded us of Mothering Sunday?

Constance Penswick Smith

12. Pass the site of the old grammar school.  Who founded it?

Reverend Thomas Magnus

13. Who refused to recognise the authority of the High Court?

Charles I

14. When was the Palace Theatre established?

1920

15. Can you see the cannon ball hole in the church?  Where exactly is it?

Below the central dormer window of the church spire.

16. Where did James Ridley spend his working life?

Woolwich Dockyard

17. Where were the 31 bodies of people killed in the Civil War formerly buried?

In the crypt beneath the altar in Newark church

18. What is the address of the song school?

8 Church Walk

19. Instrumental in making music?

School of Violin Making and Repair

20. Queen Henrietta stayed in this building when she visited Newark.  What is it now?

Newark Art

(this could change as it is a shop)

21. You can’t buy stamps here now!

The Old Post Office

22. When was the Boar’s Head pub established?

1883

23. Would you play cricket here?

Chain Lane

24. Who was born on the site of Newark’s first theatre?

The playwright, Thomas William Robertson

25. How old is the Prince Rupert pub?

569 years, ie 2021 - 1452 (this will change depending on when the Trail is done)

26. When was the Corn Exchange built?

1847      (MDCCCXLVII)

27. On the way, did you spot a dog, where is it?

A brick pattern on the wall of the passage leading from the Castlegate/Millgate junction

28. Before Thorpe’s Warehouse, can you see a face?  Where is it?

On the side wall of a house.  It is made up of small windows and fancy brickwork.

29. Look for a yard attributed to a famous soldier and statesman.  Who is he?

Duke of Wellington

30. Can you see the Navigation pub?  Why do you think it was so called?

Former Trent Navigation Co warehouse, this building was used to store goods transported by river

31. Where is the largest inland dry dock in the UK?

Newark, by the river next to the Town Lock

32. When was the Newark Navigation Canal cut?

1772

33. Who designed the sundial?

Jane Duncan and Andrew Dwyer of Freeform Arts Trust

34. Who was the father of Civil Engineering?

John Smeaton

35. What is the town’s motto?

Deo Fretus Erumpe (Trust God and Sally Forth)

36. When was the coat of arms placed on the bridge?

1848   (MDCCCXLVIII)

37. What was Zizzi’s originally?

The Ossington Coffee Palace

38. Who was ‘one time speaker of the House of Commons’?

1^st Viscount Ossington

39. ‘Make Haste, Time Flies’ but where?

The clock on the Ossington

40. Who are represented by the statue on the roundabout?

A roundhead and a cavalier from the Civil War

41. Who opened the gates of the castle grounds on 28 June 1951?

Cllr J A Markwick, Mayor of Newark

42. Blind people can enjoy this as well as the sighted.  What is it?

A 3D model of the town with braille interpretation

43. What is here to connect us to our twinned city in Germany?

A bench given by the people of Emmendingen

44. What did Sir William Gilstrap endow for the people of Newark?

A free library (now the Registration Office)

45. How was the coronation of Elizabeth II commemorated?

A tulip tree was planted by the Mayor, Councillor Dr H D R Hine

46. When did Newark surrender to the Parliamentarians?

5^th May 1646

47. Which famous person died in the castle?

King John in 1216

48. When was the castle built?

circa 1130

49. Where should you walk to cover the distance of one mile?

11 times along this ancient pile