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Newmarket
Newmarket (Suffolk)
Newmarket

Newmarket shown within Suffolk
Population 14,995 (2001 Census)
OS grid reference TL645636
District Forest Heath
Shire county Suffolk
Region East
Constituent country England
Sovereign state United Kingdom
Post town NEWMARKET
Postcode district CB8
Dialling code 01638
Police Suffolk
Fire Suffolk
Ambulance East of England
European Parliament East of England
UK Parliament West Suffolk
List of places: UK • England • Suffolk

Coordinates: 52°14′45″N 0°24′38″E / 52.2459, 0.4105

Newmarket is a market town in the English county of Suffolk, approximately 65 miles (105 kilometres) north of London, which has become famous because of its connection with race horses and thoroughbred horse racing at Newmarket Racecourse. Suffolk (ˈsʌfək is a non-metropolitan county of historic origin in East Anglia, England. 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Racing

Racing at Newmarket has been dated as far back as 1174, making it the earliest known racing venue of post-classical times. King James I (reigned 1603 - 1625) greatly increased the popularity of horse racing there, and King Charles I followed this by inaugurating the first cup race in 1634. James VI and I (19 June 1566 – 27 March 1625 was King of Scotland as James VI, and King of England and King of Ireland as James This article is about the sport For other uses see Horserace (drinking game or Horse race (politics. Charles I, (19 November 1600 &ndash 30 January 1649 was King of England, Scotland and Ireland from 27 March 1625 until his execution. The Jockey Club's clubhouse is in Newmarket, though its administration is based in London. For the North American thoroughbred horse racing industry see The Jockey Club. In 1967 Queen Elizabeth II opened The National Stud, a breeding centre for thoroughbred horses. Year 1967 ( MCMLXVII) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the 1967 Gregorian calendar. For the ship see RMS Queen Elizabeth 2 Elizabeth II (Elizabeth Alexandra Mary Context States headed by Elizabeth II The National Stud is an United Kingdom Thoroughbred Horse breeding farm located two miles from Newmarket. Horse breeding refers to reproduction in Horses and particularly the human-directed process of Selective breeding of animals particularly Purebred The Thoroughbred is a horse breed The town is also home to Tattersalls, the famous bloodstock auctioneers whose sales are attended by big names in the racing business. See also Tattersall's Limited for the Australian gambling organisation The town is home to the National Horseracing Museum and an Equine Centre for horse health. The National Horseracing Museum of the United Kingdom is located in Newmarket.

The town has special horse routes so the horses can reach the gallops safely from the many training establishments occupied by top trainers. More than 2,500 race horses inhabit Newmarket. [1] By comparison, the human population is of the order of 15,000 and it is estimated that one in four jobs are connected to horseracing in one way or another. Newmarket has 3 main sections of Heath, all of which are used to train the racehorses on. "Racecourse side" is located next to the Rowley Mile Racecourse and is a predominately flat area. "Warren Hill" overlooks the town and consists of 3 all weather canters and a multitude of grass canters. "Bury Side" is the name given to the area located near the Bury Road and the Railway Line. These areas and the surrounding heath is chalk downland and has special birds and animals only suited to this terrain. Heaths are Shrubland habitats characterised by open low growing woody Vegetation, found on mainly infertile Acidic soils Chalk (ʧɔːk is a soft white porous Sedimentary rock, a form of Limestone composed of the Mineral Calcite. Birds ( class Aves) are bipedal endothermic ( Warm-blooded) Vertebrate animals that lay eggs. It is also a very historical area with the remains of 6th century living to be found. The 6th century is the period from 501 to 600 in accordance with the Julian calendar in the Christian / Common Era. This hill is part of the chalk formation the Newmarket Ridge. The Newmarket Ridge is a ridge of low Chalk hills extending for over 20 miles from Bishop's Stortford in Hertfordshire to Bury St Edmunds in

Most of the Newmarket-based racing stables are situated in the centre of the town, where they can easily access the gallops. Outside the town the land-use is dominated by thoroughbred breeding, studs occupying large areas in every direction. The Thoroughbred is a horse breed Horse breeding refers to reproduction in Horses and particularly the human-directed process of Selective breeding of animals particularly Purebred Around 70 licensed trainers and more than 60 stud farms operate in and around Newmarket. [2]Dalham Hall Stud (the headquarters of Darley), Cheveley Park Stud (which local lore claims was once owned by King Canute), and Banstead Manor Stud (Headquarters of Juddmonte Farms) are well-known examples all which can be found in the village of Cheveley, three miles from Newmarket. Knut or Kanute is a Scandinavian first name of which the anglicized form is Canute. The village of Cheveley is situated in the county of Suffolk and lies about four miles east-south-east of the market town of Newmarket.

Local celebrity jockey Frankie Dettori in the parade ring at Newmarket after riding in the 2005 2,000 Guineas.
Local celebrity jockey Frankie Dettori in the parade ring at Newmarket after riding in the 2005 2,000 Guineas. Lanfranco "Frankie" Dettori, MBE (born December 15, 1970 in Milan) is a Thoroughbred Race horse Jockey The 2000 Guineas Stakes is a Group 1 flat horse race in the United Kingdom open to three-year-old Thoroughbred colts and

The town has two race courses situated on Newmarket Heath, these are the Rowley Mile and the July Course. The two courses are separated by the Devil's Dyke. Devil's Dyke (also called Devil's Ditch) is generally assumed to be an Anglo-Saxon earthwork in eastern Cambridgeshire, England, and one This large earthwork starts in neighbouring Woodditton (sometimes spelt as Wood Ditton) and ends in Reach, a distance of over 8 miles. Reach is a small Fen -edge village and Civil parish in East Cambridgeshire, England.

Transport

Newmarket railway station is on the Cambridge - Bury St. Edmunds - Ipswich rail line, formerly belonging to the Great Eastern Railway (later part of the LNER). The city of Cambridge (ˈkeɪmbrɪdʒ is a university town and the administrative centre of the county of Cambridgeshire, England Bury St Edmunds is a town in the county of Suffolk, England and formerly the County town of West Suffolk. Ipswich ( ˈɪpswɪtʃ is a Non-metropolitan district and the County town of Suffolk, England on the Estuary of the River Orwell The Great Eastern Railway (GER was a pre-grouping British railway company whose main line linked London Liverpool The Newmarket's first railway was a line built by the Newmarket and Chesterford Railway Company and opened in 1848 (known as the "Newmarket Railway"). The Newmarket and Chesterford Railway Company was an early railway company that built the first rail connection to Newmarket. Year 1848 ( MDCCCXLVIII) was a Leap year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Leap It branched off the London - Cambridge main line at Great Chesterford and ran about 15 miles north eastwards. Great Chesterford is a medium-size village in the Uttlesford district of Essex, England. There was an attractive terminus in Newmarket, with intermediate stations at Bourne Bridge, Balsham Road and Six Mile Bottom.

Three years later the first nine miles or so of this line, the stretch from Great Chesterford to Six Mile Bottom, was superseded by a more viable section linking Six Mile Bottom directly with Cambridge, and so the Great Chesterford - Six Mile Bottom section closed in 1851, one of the earliest closures in British railway history (the former Bourne Bridge station is believed to have been partly incorporated into a public house just across the road from a station opened later on another line - Pampisford, on the now-closed Cambridge - Haverhill - Sudbury route). 1851 ( MDCCCLI) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Common year Pampisford is a village south of Cambridge, on the A505 road near Sawston, Cambridgeshire. Haverhill is an industrial market town in the county of Suffolk, England, next to the borders of Essex and Cambridgeshire. Sudbury is a small ancient Market town in the county of Suffolk, England, on the River Stour, 15 miles from Colchester and 60 With the development of other rail lines the Newmarket terminus was replaced by the present through station in 1902; it was used as a goods station until 1967 and demolished in 1980. [3]

A short distance to the north east is the 1,100 yard Warren Hill tunnel. North of the tunnel, a separate station, Warren Hill, was built for raceday use.

In late 2006, Newmarket introduced a Park and Ride service running from Studlands industrial estate to the town centre, whilst at the same time parking charges were introduced to the town. Park and ride (or incentive parking) facilities are Public transport stations that allow commuters and other people wishing to travel into

Geography

The area of Suffolk containing Newmarket is nearly an exclave, with only a narrow strip of territory linking it to the rest of the county. Historically the town was split with one parish - St Mary - in Suffolk, and the other - All Saints - in Cambridgeshire. History Cambridgeshire is noted as the site of some of the earliest known Neolithic permanent settlement in the United Kingdom, along with sites at Fengate The Local Government Act 1888 made the entirety of Newmarket urban sanitary district part of the administrative county of West Suffolk. The Local Government Act 1888 (51 & 52 Vict c 41 was passed by the Parliament of the United Kingdom in 1888 and established County councils and County borough Sanitary Districts were established in England and Wales in 1875 and in Ireland in 1878. West Suffolk was an Administrative county of England created in 1889 from part of the county of Suffolk. [4]

The 1972 Local Government Bill as originally proposed would have transferred the town (and Haverhill) to Cambridgeshire. The Local Government Act 1972 (1972 c 70 is an Act of Parliament in the United Kingdom, that reformed local government in England and Wales The Local Government Commission for England had suggested in the 1960s that the border around Newmarket also be altered, in West Suffolk's favour. The Local Government Commission for England was established by the Local Government Act 1958 to review the organisation of local government and make "such proposals The 1960s decade refers to the years from the beginning of 1960 to the end of 1969 West Suffolk was an Administrative county of England created in 1889 from part of the county of Suffolk. Newmarket Urban District Council supported the move to Cambridgeshire, but ultimately the government decided to withdraw this proposal and keep the existing boundary, despite intense lobbying from the UDC. [5]

Miscellany

Twin towns

Newmarket has three sister cities, as designated by Sister Cities International, Inc. (SCI):

See also

References

  1. ^ newmarketracecourses.co.uk, introductory page, accessed 16 September 2006. The Newmarket Sausage is one of a handful of traditional cuisines from the town of Newmarket. Events 1400 - Owain Glyndŵr is declared Prince of Wales by his followers
  2. ^ newmarketracecourses.co.uk, introductory page, accessed 16 September 2006. Events 1400 - Owain Glyndŵr is declared Prince of Wales by his followers
  3. ^ Newmarket (1st Station). Disused Stations (23 Jun 2005). Retrieved on 2008-02-04. 2008 ( MMVIII) is the current year in accordance with the Gregorian calendar, a Leap year that started on Tuesday of the Common Events 211 - Roman Emperor Septimius Severus dies leaving the Roman Empire in the hands of his two quarrelsome sons
  4. ^ Youngs, Guide to the Local Administrative Units of England, volume 1
  5. ^ Template:Cite Hansard
  6. ^ The Strange Laws of Old England, Nigel Cawthorne ISBN 0749950366

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