May 2021.
At the edge of the market square is this pump.
The wooden post to the right was used, back in the day, to tie bears to for baiting purposes.
The medievals were a set of bastards towards animals, sometimes.
Mind you, they were just as bad to themselves.
Mantraps were deployed liberally amongst the estates of the Landowners to deter poachers who, not only became stuck in agonising pain waiting to be found and released but would also receive a proper kicking when they eventually were.
Any deserters during the Civil wars of the 17th Century would be made to wear the pin lined glove when they were 're enlisted'.
The pins were not particularly sharp, but were heated to at least red hot, branding the wearer as a coward and a traitor for all to see.
Forever.
During the Civil War several castles were under seige for quite some time. Scarborough Castle was one, and issued its own currency for the duration.
The skeleton was originally thought to have been a bloke, but it turns out that they are actually the bones of some giant woman.
Or something.
Newark is home to the National Civil War Museum (photographs) which, it has to be said, was a fairly poor effort.
Maybe it was something to do with Covid and social distancing (most things are at the moment) but there really was no excuse for charging an entrance fee to see it.
If it was free, I'd still be wanting my money back.
Newark does have multilingual signage, however.
The bottom photo is of one such sign in both English and Dog.
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