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School Lane, NEWARK, NG23 5QL

Note the mixture of stone and brick.

The Women's Institute premises on School Lane. Opposite this window, on the other side of a T junction, is a minor lane known as Humber Lane. A minute's walk ahead, beyond the white-painted cottages is the Fosse Way (the former A46) that links Nottingham and Newark.

The centre of social life in the village.

With Humber Lane behind the photographer, the Women's Institute hall is seen ahead at the junction with School Lane on the right and Church Lane on the left. Within a minute or so, on foot, the junction with the Fosse Way linking Nottingham and Newark (i.e. the former A46) can be reached. Conversely, a five minute walk left, along Church Lane, leads to Stoke Hall, a Grade II-listed function venue.

As peaceful as it looks now that the A46 no longer thunders past the lane end.

Standard EIIR lampbox on post; the telephone kiosk is still in service.

Most of this small village lies behind the photographer on School Lane and Church Lane (each a continuation of the other). This view - from School Lane - however, indicates how the village is bisected by the former A46 road (now known as either the Foss Way or the Fosse Way). The new dual carriageway version of the A46 runs parallel with the Foss/Fosse Way 2-3 mins along the road seen ahead, i.e. Moor Lane (although no access is possible to the new road from Moor Lane). Nottingham is reached by taking a right-hand turning at this junction and Newark via a left-hand turn. The building on the corner, that is currently being redeveloped into residential units, was formerly The Pauncesfot Arms public house. More recently it saw service as a none-to-successful Indian restaurant.

The view towards Nottingham along the former A46 road (now known as the Foss Way, a.k.a. the Fosse Way) as it passes through the village of East Stoke. The heart of this small village is on the photographer's right. The building being extended and renovated was formerly the Pauncesfot Arms, that was more recently a less-than successful Indian restaurant. It is currently being changed into residential units. The one-time public house was named in honour of Julian Pauncefote, (1828 -1902). Between 1874-99, this German-born, naturalised British citizen was a barrister, a judge and a diplomat. He was Permanent Under-Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs between 1882-89 and as such he was appointed Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary to the United States, an office that was eventually upgraded to that of Ambassador to the United States in 1893. He was elevated to the peerage as the 1st Baron Pauncefote in 1899. He died in office in 1902.

The old Pauncefoote Arms public house became an Indian restaurant which itself has ceased trading, possibly as a result of the loss of through traffic on the road. The traffic lights for the pedestrian crossing are really no longer justified.