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Bridge is the name given to the ward [2] and suburb of Newark-on-Trent in the Newark & Sherwood district in the county of Nottinghamshire, England. It is one of the seven wards on Newark Town Council .
Newark-on-Trent (/ ˌ nj uː ər k-/) [1] or Newark [2] is a market town and civil parish in the Newark and Sherwood district in Nottinghamshire, England. [3] It is on the River Trent , and was historically a major inland port . [ 4 ]
Meanwhile, the Parliamentarian forces in the Midland counties advanced to besiege the Royalist stronghold of Newark-on-Trent. Newark was a vital garrison, as it dominated the River Trent, and also posed a threat to the Parliamentarians in the eastern counties of England. The town's defences were naturally very strong.
At this time the Hethbeth or Trent Bridge at Nottingham consisted of more than twenty stone piers covered by a wooden deck. [1] [5] The bridge was badly damaged by ice floes moving down the river and much of the northern half was swept away. [6] [1] Downstream at Newark-on-Trent the Town Bridge was also swept away and the riverside fields flooded.
Newark Castle in 2013, overlooking the River Trent Newark Castle and Bridge circa 1812, before it was restored by Anthony Salvin. Newark Castle, in Newark-on-Trent in the English county of Nottinghamshire, was founded in the mid 12th century by Alexander, Bishop of Lincoln. Originally a timber castle, it was rebuilt in stone towards the end of ...
At Newark, the last bridge on the Trent until modern times, the bridge was rebuilt in 1775. At least one other medieval attempt was made to bridge the Trent near Wilden at Hemington, but this was gone long before the end of the Middle Ages.
Norwell, Newark Old Trent Bridge: Old Trent Bridge Bridge Rushcliffe, Nottingham Replaced by the current Trent Bridge in 1871. Oldox camp Settlement Oxton Hill-fort that is roughly triangular and encloses 1.5 acres. Roman coins in a pot and a Saxon burial have been found here. [12] Papplewick Pumping Station: Papplewick Pumping Station ...
The bridge lends its name to the nearby Nottinghamshire County Cricket Club Trent Bridge stadium, one of England's biggest and most famous cricket grounds. Nottingham Forest FC's City Ground stadium and Notts County FC's Meadow Lane stadium are nearby.