Newark was a hamlet of the parish of Saint Mary the Virgin in the Soke of Peterborough in the United Kingdom.
One mile and a half (2.4 km) north-east-by-east from the city centre; a portion was incorporated with the municipal borough in 1874.
St. Michael's church school was erected in the village in 1873 and had a chancel containing a stained-glass window and a font; divine service was held by the clergy of St. Mary's, Peterborough.
[2] Oxney Grange, a Grade II listed building dating to the 12th century, was destroyed by fire in 2003.
[3] The estate of Oxney (or Oxanige) was originally purchased for Thorney Abbey in 966 and was acquired by Saint Æthelwold in 972 for the revived Abbey at Peterborough, in whose possession it remained until the dissolution of the monasteries.