The composer John Blow was born in the village and two villagers, John and William Bacon were in the Charge of the Light Brigade (under the assumed name of Baker).
There are many High Street retailers (Marks and Spencer, Boots the Chemist, Superdrug, Costa Coffee etc) and a wide variety of pubs, bars, cafes and restaurants.
Newark Town Football Club is a football club that plays its home games at the Station Road ground in the village of Collingham, near Newark-on-Trent, England.
In addition to these manors and his Collingham property, Thomas possessed the manor of Ruddingston, Notts.
The earliest references found to date are in the 16th century in Yorkshire (Spofforth, Collingham, Copgrove) and Lincolnshire, and with a large separate branch in Suffolk (usually spelt Whincop).