Newcastle-under-Lyme (borough)
| Newcastle-under-Lyme | |
|---|---|
| Non-metropolitan district | |
 Newcastle-under-Lyme shown within Staffordshire |
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| Sovereign state |
 United Kingdom
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| Constituent country |
 England
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| Region | West Midlands |
| Non-metropolitan county |
 Staffordshire
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| Status | Non-metropolitan district |
| Admin HQ | Newcastle-under-Lyme |
| Incorporated | 1 April 1974 |
| Government | |
| • Type | Non-metropolitan district council |
| • Body | Newcastle Borough Council |
| • Leadership | Leader and Cabinet (Labour) |
| • MPs |
Joan Walley William Cash Paul Farrelly Karen Bradley |
| Area | |
| • Total | 211.0 km2 (81.5 sq mi) |
| Area rank | 163rd (of 326) |
| Population (mid-2014 est.) | |
| • Total | 126,052 |
| • Rank | 170th (of 326) |
| • Density | 600/km2 (1,500/sq mi) |
| • Ethnicity | 98.9% White 1.1%South Asian |
| Time zone | GMT (UTC0) |
| • Summer (DST) | BST (UTC+1) |
| ONS code | 41UE (ONS) E07000195 (GSS) |
| OS grid reference | SJ8463746024 |
| Website | www |
The Borough of Newcastle-under-Lyme is a local government district with borough status in Staffordshire, England.
It is named after its main settlement, Newcastle-under-Lyme, where the council is based, but includes the town of Kidsgrove, the villages of Silverdale and Keele, and the rural area surrounding Audley. Most of the borough is part of The Potteries Urban Area.
The present town is originally a Roman settlement. In the Middle Ages there was a large castle here, owned by John of Gaunt, and a major medieval market. In 1835 Newcastle-under-Lyme Municipal Borough was one of the boroughs reformed by the Municipal Corporations Act 1835 which required that rate payers elected councillors. In 1932 it took in what had been the Wolstanton United Urban District, covering the parishes of Chesterton, Silverdale and Wolstanton, also taking the parish of Clayton from Newcastle-under-Lyme Rural District.
The district was formed on 1 April 1974, under the Local Government Act 1972, as a merger of the Newcastle-under-Lyme Municipal Borough, the Kidsgrove Urban District, and Newcastle-under-Lyme Rural District.
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