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Borough of Newcastle-under-Lyme

Newcastle-under-Lyme
Newcastle-under-Lyme shown within Staffordshire
Newcastle-under-Lyme shown within Staffordshire
Region West Midlands
Non-metropolitan county  Staffordshire
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 (council NOC))
 • MPs Ruth Smeeth
William Cash
Paul Farrelly
Karen Bradley
Area
 • Total 211.0 km2 (81.5 sq mi)
Area rank 163rd (of 326)
Population (mid-2015 est.)
 • Total 127,000
 • Rank 170th (of 326)
 • Density 600/km2 (1,600/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.newcastle-staffs.gov.uk

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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