More than 800 years of heritage and historic will be preserved as £2.5m of funding has today been awarded to Newark Parish Church. The Reawakening of St Mary Magdalene project has been in the works since 2019 with the aim of repairing and restoring the grade-one listed building. The latest grant from the National Lottery Heritage Fund will enable to enable work to start later this year. Scheduled to take roughly 18 months, from late 2024 through to early 2026, the works will make the church a safer and more welcoming place for visitors and residents as well as improving environmental sutainabi…