Newcastle, Staffordshire
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| Newcastle-under-Lyme shown within Staffordshire | |
| Population | 75,125 |
| OS grid reference | SJ848459 |
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| 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 | |
Newcastle-under-Lyme (or Underlem, cf. Burslem, Audlem), (/ˌnjuːkɑːsəl ʌndər ˈlaɪm/) is a market town in Staffordshire, England, and is the principal settlement in the Borough of Newcastle-under-Lyme. In the 2011 census the town had a population of 128 264 (0.196 of UK population).
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 (as in the lastname: Lindhurst) 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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