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Newcastle Under Lyme

Newcastle-under-Lyme

Coat of arms of Newcastle-under-Lyme
Newcastle-under-Lyme is located in Staffordshire
Newcastle-under-Lyme
Newcastle-under-Lyme
Newcastle-under-Lyme shown within Staffordshire
Population 75,125 
OS grid reference SJ848459
District
Shire county
Region
Country England
Sovereign state United Kingdom
Post town NEWCASTLE
Postcode district ST5
Dialling code 01782
Police Staffordshire
Fire Staffordshire
Ambulance West Midlands
EU Parliament West Midlands
UK Parliament
List of places
UK
England
Staffordshire
53°00′39″N 2°13′40″W / 53.0109°N 2.2278°W / 53.0109; -2.2278Coordinates: 53°00′39″N 2°13′40″W / 53.0109°N 2.2278°W / 53.0109; -2.2278

Newcastle-under-Lyme (/ˈnjˌkɑːsəl ʌndər ˈlm/) is a market town in Staffordshire, England, and is the principal settlement in the Borough of Newcastle-under-Lyme. It is part of North Staffordshire. In the 2011 census the town had a population of 75,125.

The "Newcastle" part of the name derives from being the location of a new castle in the 12th century. The "Lyme" section could refer to the Lyme Brook or the extensive Forest of Lyme that covered the area with lime trees in the Middle Ages. The well-known Berlin street Unter den Linden is a cognate of 'under-Lyme'

Newcastle is not mentioned in the Domesday Book, as it grew up around the 12th century castle, but it must have rapidly become a place of importance because a charter, known only through a reference in another charter to Preston, was given to the town by Henry II in 1173. The new castle was built to supersede an older fortress at Chesterton about 2 miles (3 km) to the north, the ruins of which were visible up to the end of the 16th century.


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