Newcastle-under-Lyme
Market town in Staffordshire, England / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Not to be confused with Newcastle upon Tyne.
This article is about the market town. For the larger local government district, see Borough of Newcastle-under-Lyme. For the constituency, see Newcastle-under-Lyme (UK Parliament constituency).
Newcastle-under-Lyme is a market town and the administrative centre of the Borough of Newcastle-under-Lyme in Staffordshire, England. It is adjacent to the city of Stoke-on-Trent. In 2021 the population was 75,082.[2]
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Location within Staffordshire | |
Population | 75,082 (2021 census) |
OS grid reference | SJ848459 |
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Country | England |
Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
Suburbs of the town | List |
Post town | NEWCASTLE[1] |
Postcode district | ST5 |
Dialling code | 01782 |
Police | Staffordshire |
Fire | Staffordshire |
Ambulance | West Midlands |
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Newcastle grew up in the twelfth century around the castle which gave the town its name, and received its first charter in 1173. The town's early industries included millinery, silk weaving, and coal mining, but despite its proximity to the Potteries it did not develop a ceramics trade.