11. Newark Registry Office
Castle Gate
QUESTION: What was this building originally used for?
Clue: Look for the name of the building carved in stone above the main entrance doorway
Further point(s) for discussion.
This was the town's first Free Public Library, opened in 1883. (There had been libraries in the town before this, but you had to pay to be a member)
It was called the 'Gilstrap' Free Library because it was given to the town by Sir William Gilstrap, a wealthy local maltster.
Newark Library occupied this building for over 100 years until 1985, when the new all-glass library opened across the other side of the town.