The Saracen's Head
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The Saracen's Head
Image: © Richard Croft Taken: 25 Mar 2008
With a history dating back to 1341, the Saracen's Head Inn was once the principal coaching inn on the Great North Road at Newark. The current building dates from 1721 and like the adjacent Clinton Arms http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/761587 has a piazza of Tuscan columns facing the Market Square. King Charles reputedly stayed here on a visit to Newark and Jean Deans stayed here on her journey to London in Sir Walter Scott's novel 'The Heart of Midlothian'. It is now shops and a bank.
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Image Location
Latitude
53.075917
Longitude
-0.809242