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{{Short description|Market town in Staffordshire, England}}
{{Distinguish|Newcastle upon Tyne}}
{{about|the market town|the larger local government district|Borough of Newcastle-under-Lyme|the constituency|Newcastle-under-Lyme (UK Parliament constituency)}}
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{{Use British English|date=July 2012}}
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| population = 75,082
| population_ref = ([[2021 United Kingdom census|2021 census]])
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| shire_county = [[Staffordshire]]
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'''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.<ref>{{Cite web |title=NEWCASTLE-UNDER-LYME in Staffordshire (West Midlands) Built-up Area Subdivision |url=https://www.citypopulation.de/en/uk/westmidlands/staffordshire/E35001436__newcastle_under_lyme/ |publisher=City Population |access-date=31 July 2019}}</ref>
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 [[Hatmaking|millinery]], silk weaving, and coal mining, but despite its proximity to the [[Staffordshire Potteries|Potteries]] it did not develop a ceramics trade.
==Toponym==
The name "Newcastle" is derived from a mid-12th century [[motte and bailey]] that was built after [[Stephen, King of England|King Stephen]] granted lands in the area to [[Ranulf de Gernon, 4th Earl of Chester|Ranulf de Gernon]], [[Earl of Chester]]; the land was known for his support during the civil war known as [[The Anarchy]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1020853|title=Motte and bailey castle 100m and 200m south of St Mary's School |website=www.historicengland.org.uk|access-date=9 September 2022}}</ref><ref name="bchistory">{{Cite web |url=http://www.newcastle-staffs.gov.uk/leisure_content.asp?id=-A78083C8&cat=1263 |title=History of Newcastle |publisher=Newcastle-under-Lyme Borough Council |access-date=20 January 2009 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090321182014/http://www.newcastle-staffs.gov.uk/leisure_content.asp?id=-A78083C8&cat=1263 |archive-date=21 March 2009 |df=dmy-all}}</ref>
The element ''Lyme'' is found throughout the locality, such as in [[Lyme Brook]] and the [[Forest of Lyme]]. This ultimately derives from a [[Common Brittonic|Brythonic]] word related to the [[modern Welsh]] "llwyf", meaning [[elm]]. Elm trees covered an extensive area across the present day counties of [[Cheshire]], [[Staffordshire]] and parts of [[Derbyshire]].<ref name="bchistory"/><ref name="ekwall">{{Cite book |title=The Concise Dictionary of English Place-names|edition= 2nd |last=Ekwall |first=Eilert |year=1940 |publisher=Clarendon Press |location=Oxford |page=294}}</ref>
==History==
===12th–19th centuries===
Newcastle was not recorded in the 1086 [[Domesday Book]], as it grew up round a 12th-century castle, but it must have gained rapid importance, as a [[charter]], known solely through a reference in another charter to [[Preston, Lancashire|Preston]], was given to the town by [[Henry II of England|Henry II]] in 1173. The new castle superseded an older fortress at [[Chesterton, Staffordshire|Chesterton]], about {{convert|2|mi|km|0}} to the north, whose ruins were visible up to the end of the 16th century.
In 1235 [[Henry III of England|Henry III]] turned the town into a free borough, granting a [[guild]] and other privileges.<ref name="bchistory"/> In 1251 he leased it under a [[fee farm grant]] to the burgesses. In 1265 Newcastle was granted by the [[The Crown|Crown]] to [[Simon de Montfort, 6th Earl of Leicester|Simon de Montfort]] and later to [[Edmund Crouchback]], through whom it passed to [[Henry IV of England|Henry IV]]. In [[John Leland (antiquary)|John Leland's]] time the castle had disappeared "save one great Toure".
[[File:Ironmarket, Newcastle-Under-Lyme - geograph.org.uk - 2101001.jpg|thumb|Ironmarket, Newcastle-Under-Lyme]]
Newcastle did not feature much in the [[English Civil War]], except as a victim of [[Cavalier|Royalist]] [[plundering]].{{cn|date=March 2023}} However, it was the home town of Major General [[Thomas Harrison (soldier)|Thomas Harrison]], a [[Cromwellian]] army officer and leader of the [[Fifth Monarchy Men]].
An inclosure act in 1816{{which|date=January 2024}} enclosed the common lands of the borough, and removed their common rights. They were thereafter held in trust for the burgesses of the borough. The Newcastle under Lyme Burgess Lands charity continues to exist, with entitlement to benefits going to those who would have been burgesses before the reforms of 1835: either the son of someone entitled to the trust, who was resident or occupying property within the borough's boundaries.
The [[Municipal Corporations Act 1835]] reformed the borough, creating a new governing charter,<ref name="bchistory"/><ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/relationships.jsp?u_id=10002795&c_id=10001043 |title=Relationships/unit history of NEWCASTLE UNDER LYME |work=A Vision of Britain |publisher=[[University of Portsmouth]] Department of [[Geography]] |access-date=6 May 2007 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070930204304/http://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/relationships.jsp?u_id=10002795&c_id=10001043 |archive-date=30 September 2007 |df=dmy-all}}</ref> repealing the previous charters of 1590 and 1664. The unreformed corporation prior to 1835 had been styled the "Mayor, Bailiffs and Burgesses of Newcastle-under-Lyme",<ref name="bchistory"/> but that act changed the style to "Mayor, Aldermen and Burgesses of Newcastle-under-Lyme".<ref>{{citation |title=Municipal Corporations Act 1835 s. 6 |date=14 August 2023 |url=https://archive.org/details/statutesunitedk35britgoog/page/392/ |quote=... shall take and bear the Name of the Mayor, Aldermen, and Burgesses of such Borough ...}}</ref>
In 1835, the admission of new burgesses was forbidden by section 13 of the [[Municipal Corporations Act 1835]] under any criteria expect that of being a ratepayer.<ref>{{cite book |chapter=Newcastle-under-Lyme: Economic history and social life |title=A History of the County of Stafford |volume=8 |editor-first=J. G. |editor-last=Jenkins |location=London |date=1963 |pages=44–54 |via=British History Online |chapter-url=http://www.british-history.ac.uk/vch/staffs/vol8/pp44-54 |access-date=28 March 2023}}</ref><ref>{{citation |title=Municipal Corporations Act 1835 s. 13 |date=14 August 2023 |url=https://archive.org/details/statutesunitedk35britgoog/page/395/ |quote=And it be enacted, That after the passing of this Act no Person shall be enrolled a Burgess of any Borough, for the Purposes of enjoying the Rights conferred for the first Time by this Act, in respect of any Title other than by Occupancy and Payment of Rates within such Borough, according to the Meaning and Provision of this Act.}}</ref> This only affected the creation of borough burgesses, and not the entitlement rules of the Burgess Lands Trust, which continued on the historic burgess criteria.
Newcastle sent two members to Parliament from 1355 to 1885, then lost one of its seats.<ref>[http://www.historyofparliamentonline.org/volume/1386-1421/constituencies/newcastle-under-lyme The History of Parliament Trust, Newcastle-under-Lyme, Borough, from 1386 to 1481] Retrieved 29 May 2019.</ref>
[[File:Nelsonplace1900.jpg|right|thumb|Nelson Place and view up King Street, from a postcard, {{circa|1900}}]]
===20th century===
When [[Stoke-on-Trent]] was [[Federation of Stoke-on-Trent|formed by the 1910 amalgamation]] of the "six towns" ([[Stoke-upon-Trent|Stoke]], [[Hanley, Staffordshire|Hanley]], [[Fenton, Staffordshire|Fenton]], [[Longton, Staffordshire|Longton]], [[Burslem]] and [[Tunstall, Staffordshire|Tunstall]]), Newcastle remained separate.
Despite its close proximity, it was not directly involved in the pottery industry and it strongly opposed attempts to join the merger in 1930,<ref>{{Cite news |title=Stoke-on-Trent Bill: Extension of the City |work=The Times |date=2 May 1930}}</ref> with a postcard poll showing residents opposing the Stoke-on-Trent Extension Bill by a majority of 97.4 per cent. Although passed by the [[British House of Commons|House of Commons]], the bill was rejected by the [[House of Lords]].{{cn|date=March 2023}}
After the [[Local Government Act 1972]], Newcastle became the principal settlement of the Borough of Newcastle-under-Lyme.
===Economy===
Like neighbouring Stoke-on-Trent, Newcastle's early economy was based around the hatting trade, silk and [[cotton mill]]s. Later [[coal mining]], [[brick]] manufacture, [[iron]] casting and [[engineering]] rose to prominence.<ref name="bchistory"/> Fine red earthenware and [[soft-paste porcelain]] [[tableware]] (the first such production in Staffordshire) was produced in Newcastle at Samuel Bell's factory in Lower Street in 1724–1754, when production ceased. Except for a failed enterprise in 1790–1797, which then switched to [[brewing]], there was no further commercial production of pottery within the town. Production of earthenware tiles, however, continued at several locations in the borough. Manufacture of fine [[bone china]] was re-established in the borough in 1963 by [[Mayfair Pottery]] at [[Chesterton, Staffordshire|Chesterton]].
The manufacture in the borough of clay [[smoking pipe (tobacco)|tobacco-smoking pipes]] started about 1637 and grew rapidly, until it was second only to hatting as an industry. Nationally, the town ranked with [[Chester]], [[York]] and [[Kingston upon Hull|Hull]] as the four major pipe producers. The industry continued until the mid-19th century, when decline set in rapidly, so that by 1881 it had only one tobacco-pipe maker left.
In the 17th, 18th and 19th centuries, the town had a flourishing [[felt]] hat manufacturing industry,<ref name="bchistory"/> probably at its peak locally in the 1820s, when a third of the town's population were involved in over 20 factories, but by 1892 there was only one still in production.
In 1944, the [[Rolls-Royce Derwent]] engine for the [[Gloster Meteor]] fighter was made in the borough.
Newcastle's 20th-century industries include: iron-working, construction materials, clothing (especially military, police and transport uniforms), computers, publishing, electric motors and machinery.{{Citation needed|date=August 2022}}
Near the turn of the 20th and 21st centuries, the town received major redevelopment to incorporate a new street (Castle Walk) into the town centre, providing Newcastle with a new [[bus station]] and bringing in more companies. Various business centres in the town provide offices for companies that operate in the service sector.
The town was classed as a BID ([[business improvement district]]) in 2015, reiterated in 2021.{{Citation needed|date=August 2022}}
===Politicians===
[[File:Vera Brittain.jpg|thumb|[[Vera Brittain]]]]
The town has been the birthplace of several notable politicians and activists. [[Fanny Deakin]] was a campaigner for better nourishment for babies and young children and better maternity care for mothers. The former [[chairwoman]] of [[Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament]] ([[CND]]), [[Janet Bloomfield]] (née Hood) is a peace and disarmament campaigner. [[Vera Brittain]].  writer, [[feminist]] (and mother of [[Labour Party (UK)|Labour Party]] Minister and later [[Liberal Democrats (UK)|Liberal Democrat]] [[Shirley Williams]]) was born in the town.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.newcastle-staffs.gov.uk/General.asp?id=SXA203-A77FA129 |title=Vera Brittain 1893–1970 |publisher=Newcastle-under-Lyme Borough Council |access-date=6 May 2007 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070901100123/http://www.newcastle-staffs.gov.uk/general.asp?id=SXA203-A77FA129 |archive-date=1 September 2007 |df=dmy-all}}</ref>
There have been two particularly notable [[Member of Parliament (United Kingdom)|Members of Parliament]] (MPs). [[Josiah Wedgwood, 1st Baron Wedgwood|Josiah Wedgwood IV]] was a [[Liberal Party (UK)|Liberal]], Independent and [[Labour Party (UK)|Labour Party]] MP, who served as [[Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster]] in the [[Cabinet (government)|cabinet]] of [[Ramsay MacDonald]], in the first ever Labour government. He was an MP from 1909 to 1942. [[John Golding (British politician)|John Golding]] was elected a Labour MP for [[Newcastle-under-Lyme (UK Parliament constituency)|Newcastle-under-Lyme]] at a by-election in 1969. He served in the governments of [[Harold Wilson]] and [[Jim Callaghan]], as PPS to [[Eric Varley]] as [[Minister of Technology]], a Labour whip in opposition, and Minister for Employment, stepping down in [[1986 Newcastle-under-Lyme by-election|1986]].<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.theguardian.com/obituaries/story/0,,322315,00.html |title=Right at the heart of Labour |work=Guardian Unlimited |publisher=Guardian News and Media Limited |first=Paul |last=Farrelly |date=22 January 1999 |access-date=6 May 2007}}</ref>
The current MP is [[Adam Jogee]].
===Transport===
The town was once served by the [[North Staffordshire Railway]], its station being on a branch from [[Stoke-on-Trent]] via Newcastle, [[Silverdale, Staffordshire|Silverdale]] and [[Keele]], to [[Market Drayton]] in [[Shropshire]]. [[Newcastle-under-Lyme railway station]] opened in September 1852, after numerous construction difficulties involving the two tunnels of {{convert|605|yd|m}} and {{convert|96|yd|m}} at Hartshill. There were also two halts to the west of Newcastle railway station, located at [[Brampton Halt railway station|Brampton]] and [[Liverpool Road Halt railway station|Liverpool Road]].<ref name="Christiansen">{{Cite book |last2=Miller |first2=R. W. |last1=Christiansen |first1=Rex |year=1971 |title=The North Staffordshire Railway |page=124 |publisher=David & Charles |isbn=0-7153-5121-4}}</ref>
The section from [[Silverdale (Staffordshire) railway station|Silverdale]] to [[Market Drayton railway station|Market Drayton]] closed to passengers in May 1956 and the rest of the line in March 1964. Only small sections remained from Madeley to Silverdale, and from Silverdale to Holditch, for coal traffic from the local collieries. The line from Newcastle Junction to Silverdale has been removed, and the site of Newcastle railway station and the Hartshill tunnels filled in.
Newcastle was on the national [[canal]] network, but the [[Newcastle-under-Lyme Canal]] running from the [[Trent and Mersey Canal]] at Stoke-on-Trent to [[Sir Nigel Gresley's Canal]] has been disused since 1935 and mostly filled in.
Today the town relies on buses for public transport. [[FirstGroup]] runs a network of services connecting Newcastle to the towns of [[The Potteries Urban Area|the Potteries]] and to [[Stafford]]. Arriva buses run to [[Shrewsbury]] via [[Market Drayton]]
==Geography==
Situated in a valley alongside the [[Lyme Brook]], the town is just west of the city of [[Stoke-on-Trent]], its [[suburb]]s running together. Newcastle town centre is less than {{convert|4|mi|km|0}} from [[Hanley, Staffordshire|Stoke-on-Trent City Centre]], about {{convert|17|mi|km|0}} north of [[Stafford]] and {{convert|5|mi|km|0}} south of the [[Cheshire]] county border and {{convert|10|mi|km|0}} from the [[Shropshire]] county border.
===Green belt===
{{main|Stoke-on-Trent Green Belt}}
Newcastle and Stoke form the [[Stoke-on-Trent Built-up Area|main urban area]] at the centre of the Stoke-on-Trent Green Belt, which is an [[environmental policy|environmental]] and [[Planning in the United Kingdom|planning]] area that regulates the rural space in Staffordshire,<ref name="new-staffs-belt"/> to prevent [[urban sprawl]] and minimise convergence with outlying settlements. First defined in 1967,<ref name="new-staffs-belt">{{Cite web |title=Newcastle-under-Lyme Borough Council and Stoke-on-Trent City Council Green Belt Assessment Final Report Issue – 21 November 2017 |url=https://www.newcastle-staffs.gov.uk/sites/default/files/IMCE/Planning/Planning_Policy/Newc_Stoke_GBA_Final_Report_21_11_17.pdf |website=www.newcastle-staffs.gov.uk}}</ref> most of the area extends into the wider borough, but some landscape features and places of interest within that are covered or surrounded. They include the [[Clayton Wood Training Ground|Michelin Sports Facility]], Newcastle golf course, [[Keele University]], [[Apedale Community Country Park|Apedale Winding Wheel]], Watermills Chimney and [[Bignall Hill]]. The [[West Coast Main Line]] forms the western boundary of the green belt.
=== Environment ===
Newcastle-under-Lyme Borough Council undertakes a range of environmental, sustainability and regeneration projects. As part of its Sustainable Environment Strategy, it processes household and business waste through a 'waste to energy' plant and partnered with [[Advantage West Midlands]] in the development of Blue Planet Chatterley Valley, a sustainable logistics facility on the site of a former [[colliery]] completed in 2008.<ref>{{Cite web |last= |first= |title=Sustainable Environment |url=https://www.newcastle-staffs.gov.uk/waste/sustainable-environment/3 |access-date=2023-03-14 |website=Newcastle-under-Lyme Borough Council |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=27 July 2009 |title=Blue Planet Chatterley Valley Regeneration Project, Stoke-on-Trent |url=https://www.worldconstructionnetwork.com/projects/blue-planet-leaf/ |access-date=2023-03-14 |website=World Construction Network |language=en}}</ref> The Council also works with the [[Environment Agency]], Walleys Quarry Ltd. and other relevant bodies to regulate Walleys Quarry landfill site in [[Silverdale, Staffordshire|Silverdale]].<ref>{{Cite web |last= |first= |title=Walleys Quarry |url=https://www.newcastle-staffs.gov.uk/walleys-quarry |access-date=2023-03-14 |website=Newcastle-under-Lyme Borough Council |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date= |title=Walleys Quarry Landfill Site |url=https://engageenvironmentagency.uk.engagementhq.com/ |access-date=2023-03-14 |website=Environment Agency |language=en}}</ref>
==Demography==
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!colspan="4" align="center" |'''Comparative Census Information'''
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|'''[[United Kingdom Census 2001|2001 UK Census]]'''||'''Newcastle-under-Lyme'''||'''[[Borough of Newcastle-under-Lyme|Borough]]'''<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.staffordshire.gov.uk/NR/rdonlyres/8541174C-7ECB-4763-9BDE-A9819AE6E865/22530/nbcEconomic1.pdf |title=Newcastle-under-Lyme Economic Profile |publisher=Newcastle-under-Lyme Borough Council |access-date=21 January 2007 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070927201401/http://www.staffordshire.gov.uk/NR/rdonlyres/8541174C-7ECB-4763-9BDE-A9819AE6E865/22530/nbcEconomic1.pdf |archive-date=27 September 2007 |df=dmy-all}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.staffordshire.gov.uk/NR/rdonlyres/8541174C-7ECB-4763-9BDE-A9819AE6E865/22519/nbcSocial1.pdf |title=Newcastle-under-Lyme Social Profile |publisher=Newcastle-under-Lyme Borough Council |access-date=21 January 2007 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070927201903/http://www.staffordshire.gov.uk/NR/rdonlyres/8541174C-7ECB-4763-9BDE-A9819AE6E865/22519/nbcSocial1.pdf |archive-date=27 September 2007 |df=dmy-all}}</ref>||'''England'''
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|Total population||73,944||122,030||49,138,831
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|White||97.8%||98%||91%
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|Asian||0.6%||0.6%||4.6%
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|Black||0.2%||0.2%||2.3%
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|Christian||78.2%||78.5%||72%
|-
|Muslim||0.7%||0.5%||3.1%
|-
|Hindu||0.2%||0.2%||1.1%
|-
|No religion||14%||13.1%||15%
|-
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|Unemployed||2.3%||2%||3.3%
|}
Of the 73,944 residents recorded in the 2001 census, 51.7 per cent (38,210) were female and 48.3 per cent (35,734) male.<ref name="social">{{Cite web |url=http://www.staffordshire.gov.uk/NR/rdonlyres/8541174C-7ECB-4763-9BDE-A9819AE6E865/22571/NewcastleSocial.pdf |title=2001 Census – Social Profile for Towns in Staffordshire – Newcastle-under-Lyme |publisher=Staffordshire County Council |access-date=6 May 2007 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070927201910/http://www.staffordshire.gov.uk/NR/rdonlyres/8541174C-7ECB-4763-9BDE-A9819AE6E865/22571/NewcastleSocial.pdf |archive-date=27 September 2007 |df=dmy-all}}</ref> Of these, 78.2 per cent (57,819) stated that their religion was [[Christians|Christian]], and 12.9 per cent (9,570) said they had no religion. [[Islam]], [[Judaism]], [[Buddhism]] and [[Sikhism]] each covered less than 1 per cent of the population. Racially, 97.8 per cent of the population defined themselves as [[white people|white]], with the balance being [[Multiracial|mixed race]] – 0.6 per cent), [[India]]n  – 0.4 per cent, [[Pakistan]]i – 0.2 per cent, [[black people|black]] – 0.2 per cent, [[Chinese people|Chinese]] – 0.2 per cent, and other ethnic groups – 0.4 per cent.<ref name="social"/>
In employment, 62.2 per cent (21,586) of the population work [[Full-time job|full-time]] and 19.4 per cent (6,746) [[Part-time job|part time]].<ref name="economic">{{Cite web |url=http://www.staffordshire.gov.uk/NR/rdonlyres/8541174C-7ECB-4763-9BDE-A9819AE6E865/22589/Newcastleeconomic.pdf |title=2001 Census – Economic Profile for Towns in Staffordshire – Newcastle-under-Lyme |publisher=Staffordshire County Council |access-date=6 May 2007 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070927201417/http://www.staffordshire.gov.uk/NR/rdonlyres/8541174C-7ECB-4763-9BDE-A9819AE6E865/22589/Newcastleeconomic.pdf |archive-date=27 September 2007 |df=dmy-all}}</ref> The largest employment types are [[manufacturing]] with 7,058 (21.5 per cent), [[wholesale]] and [[retail]] 6,157 (18.7 per cent), [[health]] and [[social work]] 4,097 (12.5 per cent) and [[finance]], [[real estate]] and [[business]] activity 3,823 (11.6 per cent).<ref name="economic"/>
[[Jewish]] residency of the area stretches back into the 19th century.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.jewishgen.org/JCR-UK/Community/stoke/history.htm |title=Stoke-on-Trent Hebrew Congregation |access-date=21 January 2007}}</ref> In 1873 the community purchased an old [[Wales|Welsh]] [[chapel]] to be used as a [[synagogue]]. In 1923 a new synagogue was built in Hanley. This was closed in 2004 and the [[Wiktionary:Congregation|congregation]] moved to a smaller synagogue in Newcastle.<ref>[http://jscn.org.uk/small-communities/stoke-on-trent-and-nortstaffordshire-hebrew-congregation/ Stoke-on-Trent and North Staffordshire Hebrew Congregation website] retrieved Jan 2017</ref>
==Transport==
[[File:A34 road Newcastle-under-Lyme.jpg|thumb|The [[A34 road (England)|A34]] London Road]]
Newcastle-under-Lyme is served by the [[M6 motorway]] to the south and west of Newcastle and by the [[A500 road]] to the north and east. There are access points from the M6 at junctions 15 and 16, to the south and north respectively. The [[A34 road (England)|A34]] [[trunk road]] runs through Newcastle from north to south and was the main road between [[Birmingham]] and [[Manchester]] until the [[M6 motorway]] opened. There is a large bus station in the town centre.
[[File:Newcastle-Under-Lyme station site.jpg|thumb|Newcastle-Under-Lyme station site, now Stations Walk.]]
[[Newcastle-under-Lyme railway station]], which was not within the town but towards Water Street on the [[Stoke to Market Drayton Line]], closed in 1964 under the [[Beeching cuts]]. The line from Silverdale to Pipe Gate remained open to serve Silverdale Colliery and a creamery at Pipe Gate until 1998, when the line closed to all stone and mineral traffic. It now forms part of a green way from Silverdale to Newcastle-under-Lyme, with the station site being called "Station Walks". The nearest station to the town is [[Stoke-on-Trent railway station]] which is between the town centre of Newcastle and city centre of Stoke-on-Trent and serves the Potteries as a whole. Newcastle is the third-largest town in England (by population) to have no railway station.<ref>{{NOMIS2011|id=E35001436|title=Newcastle-under-Lyme Built-up area sub division|access-date=23 September 2020}}</ref>
Most of the bus network is run by [[First Potteries]] Limited and [[D&G Bus]].{{Citation needed|date=August 2022}}
==Education==
{{see also|Keele University}}
The town has a [[Private schools in the United Kingdom|private school]]: [[Newcastle-under-Lyme School]], which was established in the 17th century, whose alumni includes [[T. E. Hulme]], [[John Wain]] and [[William Watkiss Lloyd]]. It has a number of [[primary school|primary]] and [[secondary school]]s in the [[state school|state-funded sector]]. The latter include [[Newcastle Academy|Newcastle Community Academy]], [[Clayton Hall Academy]], [[St John Fisher Catholic College]], [[Sir Thomas Boughey Academy]] and [[Orme Academy (formerly Wolstanton High School)]]. There is a private Edenhurst Preparatory School, founded in 1961.
The town's largest sixth-form college is [[Newcastle-under-Lyme College]], which was established in 1966.
[[Keele University]] main campus is situated {{convert|3|mi|km|0}} from the centre of the town.
==Sites and attractions==
===Parks and gardens===
[[File:Queens gardens newcastle under lyme.jpg|thumb|Queen's Gardens]]
In 2005 it was national winner in the "small city/large town" category (35K–100K).<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.rhs.org.uk/britaininbloom/heart_of_england/newcastlewinner2005.asp |publisher=Royal Horticultural Society |work=Britain in Bloom |title=2005 winners |access-date=6 May 2007 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070612114448/http://www.rhs.org.uk/britaininbloom/heart_of_england/newcastlewinner2005.asp |archive-date=12 June 2007 |df=dmy-all}}</ref> The town features several parks, including the Queen's Gardens at the east end of Ironmarket, which won the Britain in Bloom Judges' Award for Horticultural Excellence in 2003.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.newcastle-staffs.gov.uk/General.asp?id=SXFBE1-A77F7BB2&cat=325 |title=Britain in Bloom |publisher=Newcastle-under-Lyme Borough Council |access-date=6 May 2007 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071210033010/http://www.newcastle-staffs.gov.uk/General.asp?id=SXFBE1-A77F7BB2&cat=325 |archive-date=10 December 2007 |df=dmy-all}}</ref> Queens Gardens contains a statue of [[Queen Victoria]] funded by Sir [[Alfred Seale Haslam]] and unveiled by [[Grand Duke Michael Mikhailovich of Russia]] on 5 November 1903. It is the only park within the [[ring road]].
Grosvenor Gardens is in the centre of one of the town's roundabouts, but hidden away below road level. Queen Elizabeth Garden is located outside the town centre and was due for refurbishment using [[National Lottery (United Kingdom)|National Lottery Heritage Fund]] money.<ref>{{Cite news |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/staffordshire/6439721.stm |title=Lottery cash to restore town park |publisher=BBC News |access-date=6 May 2007 |date=11 March 2007}}</ref>
To the north-west of the town centre is Brampton Park, home to a museum and art gallery.<ref>[https://www.newcastle-staffs.gov.uk/all-services/sport-and-culture/brampton-museum/brampton-park Borough Council website, Brampton Park] Retrieved Jan 2017.</ref>
===Traditional market===<!-- This section is linked from [[The Stones (market)]] -->
Dating back to 1173 Newcastle's [[market (place)|market]], known as the Stones, operates on the High Street.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.newcastle-staffs.gov.uk/general.asp?id=-A77F7A70 |publisher=Newcastle-under-Lyme Borough Council |title=Markets and Town Centres Information |access-date=6 May 2007 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071210033015/http://www.newcastle-staffs.gov.uk/general.asp?id=-A77F7A70 |archive-date=10 December 2007 |df=dmy-all}}</ref> The market was originally held on Sunday; in the reign of [[John of England|John]] it was changed to Saturday; by the charter of [[Elizabeth I of England|Elizabeth]] it was fixed on Monday. Grants of fairs were given by [[Edward I of England|Edward I]], [[Edward III of England|Edward III]] and [[Henry VI of England|Henry VI]].
Today the market is open six days a week and has over 80 stalls. Mondays, Wednesdays, Fridays and Saturdays have a general market, Tuesdays an [[antique]]s market and Thursdays a sale of bric-a-brac. A [[cattle]] and [[livestock]] market was held on Mondays until the early 1990s; the site of it is now a branch of Morrison's supermarket.
[[File:Guildhall newcastle under lyme.jpg|thumb|left|[[Newcastle-under-Lyme Guildhall|The Guildhall]]]]
===The Guildhall===
The current [[Newcastle-under-Lyme Guildhall|Guildhall]] was built in 1713 and has undergone a number of changes.<ref>[http://www.thepotteries.org/tour/023.htm Website of Potteries.org – Neville Malkin's "Grand Tour" of the Potteries Retrieved February 2017] has several old pictures, drawings and historical narrative on The Guildhall, Newcastle.</ref> Originally the ground floor was open and was used for markets, until the Market Hall was built in 1854. In 1860, to provide more space, the ground floor arches were bricked up and a clock tower with four clocks added. The top rooms in the Guildhall were used for meetings by the borough council.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.stokesentinel.co.uk/news/history/newcastle-guildhall-abberley-reataurant-2401031 |title=Being a young reporter at Newcastle's Guildhall was like 'being in the lion's den' |date=11 January 2019 |publisher=Stoke Sentinel |access-date= 12 July 2020}}</ref> It is now a Grade II listed building.<ref>{{NHLE |desc=The Guildhall, Newcastle-under-Lyme |num=1196523 |access-date=12 July 2020}}</ref>
===The Barracks===
The Italian-style Militia Barracks were built in 1855 of red brick. They were the headquarters of the 3rd King's Own Staffordshire Rifle Regiment until 1880. In 1882 W. H. Dalton bought the Barracks and settled them in trust for use by the Rifle Volunteers of Newcastle, which became the Territorial Force in 1907. In 2002 the Barracks were let to small businesses.<ref>[http://www.thepotteries.org/tour/022.htm Website of Potteries.org – Neville Malkin's "Grand Tour" of the Potteries Retrieved Feb 2017] This has several old pictures, drawings and historical narrative about the Barracks.</ref>
==Culture==
[[File:Newcastle-under-Lyme Museum & Art Gallery (1).jpg|thumb|Newcastle-under-Lyme Museum & Art Gallery]]
The [[New Vic Theatre]] is a [[theatre in the round]].<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.newvictheatre.org.uk/about/about.html |publisher=New Vic Theatre |title=History of the New Vic theatre |access-date=5 May 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070928011242/http://www.newvictheatre.org.uk/about/about.html <!-- Bot retrieved archive --> |archive-date=28 September 2007}}</ref> Just outside the town centre, it offers a programme that includes modern and classic plays and concert performances.
The Borough Museum and Art Gallery (Brampton Museum) depicts the civic history of the Borough and an authentic, life-size [[Victorian era|Victorian]] street-scene. The art gallery hosts work by local and national artists, and travelling exhibitions.<ref>[http://www.thepotteries.org/tour/026.htm Website of Potteries.org – Neville Malkin's "Grand Tour" of the Potteries Retrieved Feb 2017] It has several old pictures, drawings and historical narrative about Newcastle-under-Lyme Museum.</ref><ref>[https://www.newcastle-staffs.gov.uk/all-services/sport-and-culture/brampton-museum Brampton Museum on town's website]. Retrieved January 2017.</ref>
Notable residents who contributed to the arts and entertainment include [[Philip Astley]], founder of the modern circus.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.newcastle-staffs.gov.uk/General.asp?id=SXA16E-A77F9F88 |title=Philip Astley 1742–1814 |publisher=Newcastle-under-Lyme Borough Council |access-date=6 May 2007 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070902001318/http://www.newcastle-staffs.gov.uk/general.asp?id=SXA16E-A77F9F88 |archive-date=2 September 2007 |df=dmy-all}}</ref> [[Jackie Trent]], the singer and songwriter, was born in the town.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.jackie-trent.org.uk/biog.html |title=Jackie Trent Biography |access-date=6 May 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070501203152/http://www.jackie-trent.org.uk/biog.html <!-- Bot retrieved archive --> |archive-date = 1 May 2007}}</ref> [[Arnold Bennett]], the novelist, playwright, and essayist, completed his schooling at the Middle School,<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www3.shropshire-cc.gov.uk/bennett.htm |title=Arnold Bennett Profile |work=Literary Heritage |publisher=Shropshire County Council |access-date=6 May 2007 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070503012007/http://www3.shropshire-cc.gov.uk/bennett.htm |archive-date=3 May 2007 |df=dmy-all}}</ref> and called the town Oldcastle in his ''[[Clayhanger]]'' trilogy of novels. [[Dinah Maria Mulock]], who wrote under her married name of Mrs Craik, lived in the town (in Lower Street and Mount Pleasant) and attended Brampton House Academy.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www3.shropshire-cc.gov.uk/craik.htm |title=Dinah Craik |work=Literary Heritage |publisher=Shropshire County Council |access-date=6 May 2007 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070701151408/http://www3.shropshire-cc.gov.uk/craik.htm |archive-date=1 July 2007 |df=dmy-all}}</ref>
[[E. S. Turner]], social commentator, was educated in the town.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2006/07/17/db1701.xml |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071210131524/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2006/07/17/db1701.xml |url-status=dead |archive-date=10 December 2007 |title=ES Turner Obituary |work=[[Daily Telegraph]] |publisher=Telegraph Media Group Limited |date=17 July 2006 |access-date=6 May 2007}}</ref> Newcastle was home to Dr Philip Willoughby-Higson (1933–2012), poet, translator, historian, and author of 33 books. He founded and was president (1974–1992) of the Chester Poets, the oldest poetry group in the North-West. He was also President of the Baudelaire Society of France from 1992 to 2012 – the only Englishman ever to hold that position.
==Media==
Regional local news and television programmes are [[BBC West Midlands]] and [[ITV Central]]. Television signals are received from either the Fenton or [[Sutton Coldfield transmitting station|Sutton Coldfield]] transmitters.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://ukfree.tv/transmitters/tv/Sutton_Coldfield|title=Sutton Coldfield (Birmingham, England) Full Freeview transmitter|date=1 May 2004|website=UK Free TV|accessdate=28 September 2023}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://ukfree.tv/transmitters/tv/Fenton|title=Full Freeview on the Fenton (Stoke-on-Trent, England) transmitter|date=1 May 2004|website=UK Free TV|accessdate=28 September 2023}}</ref> [[BBC North West]] and [[ITV Granada]] can also be received from the [[Winter Hill transmitting station|Winter Hill]] TV transmitter.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://ukfree.tv/transmitters/tv/Winter_Hill |title=Full Freeview on the Winter Hill (Bolton, England) transmitter |date=May 2004 |publisher=UK Free TV |access-date=28 September 2023}}</ref>
Local radio stations are [[BBC Radio Stoke]], [[Hits Radio Staffordshire & Cheshire]], [[Greatest Hits Radio Staffordshire & Cheshire]], [[The Hitmix|HitMix Radio]] and [[6 Towns Radio]], who are the most recent station to serve the area following a successful ofcom application.
''[[The Sentinel (Staffordshire)|The Sentinel]]'' is the town's local newspaper.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.britishpapers.co.uk/england-wmids/stoke-sentinel/|title=The Sentinel|date=22 September 2013|website=British Papers|accessdate=28 September 2023}}</ref>
==Sport==
The sports clubs and associations include [[Newcastle Town F.C.]], playing [[association football]] in the Northern Premier League Division One South East. Rugby is represented by Newcastle Staffs Rugby Union Club.
Cycle Staffordshire organises local cycling events, as does the Newcastle [[Track cycling|Track Cycling]] Association. The town has a [[velodrome]] used by the Lyme Racing Club.<ref>[http://www.lymeracingclub.co.uk/ Lyme Racing Club website.] Retrieved January 2017.</ref>
[[File:Newcastle Golf Club - Clubhouse - geograph.org.uk - 407961.jpg|thumb|Newcastle Golf Club]]
Newcastle Athletic Club<ref>[http://newcastlestaffsac.org.uk/information/who-we-are/ Newcastle (Staffs) AC website]. Retrieved January 2017.</ref> is based at the Ashfield Road track next to Newcastle College. This ash track was constructed in 1964. The club competes in the North Staffs XC League and the Local, National and Heart of England League 3.
The town is home to a volleyball club: [[Newcastle (Staffs) Volleyball Club]]. Founded in 1980, it has teams in the National Volleyball League.{{Citation needed|date=October 2020}}
Newcastle-under-Lyme College is home to Castle Korfball Club, one of the nation's older such clubs. This club was founded in June 1996 originally based at keele university<ref>[http://www.castlekorfball.co.uk Castle Korfball Club website.] Retrieved January 2017.</ref>
The town has a swimming club; Newcastle (Staffs) Swimming Club, which was founded in 1908.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.newcastleasc.net/ |title=Newcastle (Staffs) ASC {{!}} Newcastle Staffs Amateur Swimming Club, founded 1908 |language=en-GB |access-date=2019-02-13}}</ref>
There are golf courses at Kidsgrove, Wolstanton, Keele and Westlands.<ref>[http://www.newcastlegolfclub.co.uk/index.php/en/ Newcastle Golf Club website.] Retrieved January 2017.</ref><ref>[http://www.wolstantongolfclub.co.uk/ Wolstanton Golf Clubwebsite] Retrieved January 2017.</ref><ref>[http://www.keelegolfrange.co.uk/drivingrange/ Keele Golf Range website.] Retrieved January 2017.</ref>
Keele University is home to one of the UK's first [[Quidditch (real-life sport)|quidditch]] teams, the Keele Squirrels.<ref>[https://keelesu.com/activities/society/quidditch/ Keele university quidditch society website.] Retrieved April 2018.</ref> It hosted the first ever quidditch game in the UK in 2011 against the [[Leicester]] Thestrals.
==Religion==
[[File:St Giles' Church Street Newcastle-under-Lyme - geograph.org.uk - 558236.jpg|thumb|left|St Giles' Church, Newcastle-under-Lyme]]
The town was the birthplace of [[John James Blunt]], a [[Anglicanism#Anglican divines|divine]] and [[Anglican]] priest. [[Josiah Wedgwood]] was a [[Unitarianism|Unitarian]] and he and his family attended meetings at the [[Unitarian Meeting House, Newcastle-under-Lyme|Old Meeting House]], adjacent to St Giles' Church, which is still in use for the purpose.
The town has a number of Anglican churches, including St Giles, a medieval parish church dating from 1290.<ref>[http://www.stgilesnewcastle.org.uk/ Website of The Parish Church of St Giles]. Retrieved January 2017.</ref> There are several [[Catholic Church|Catholic]] churches, notably [[Holy Trinity Church, Newcastle-under-Lyme|Holy Trinity]],<ref>[http://www.thepotteries.org/tour/021.htm Website of Potteries.org – Neville Malkin's "Grand Tour" of the Potteries. Retrieved February 2017.] This has several old pictures, drawings and historical narrative about the church.</ref><ref>[http://www.holytrinitynewcastle.org.uk/parish-history Website of Holy Trinity Catholic Church, Newcastle Retrieved January 2017.]</ref> whose style is [[Gothic architecture|Gothic]] in blue engineering bricks, described as "''the finest modern specimen of ornamental brickwork in the kingdom"'' at the time.
[[File:Jewish cemetery and Synagogue - geograph.org.uk - 335713.jpg|thumb|Jewish cemetery and Synagogue on the A34]]
In the 18th century [[John Wesley]] made repeated visits to the area, which was becoming industrialised, and recruited many residents to [[Methodism]].<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.thepotteries.org/history/spiritual_history.html |title=The Christian History of Stoke-on-Trent |access-date=6 May 2007}}</ref> This is reflected in a number of [[Methodist]] churches.<ref>[http://www.northstaffordshiremethodists.org.uk/churches/church-profiles/newcastle-methodist-church.php Newcastle Methodist Church Circuit website Retrieved January 2017.]</ref> There is a [[Baptist]] church in [[Clayton, Staffordshire|Clayton]].<ref>[http://www.newcastlebaptist.org.uk/ Newcastle Baptist Church website. Retrieved January 2017.]</ref>
Of interest is [[the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints]] (LDS Church), across from Brampton Park, which serves as the "[[Stake (Latter Day Saints)|Stake Centre]]" for the church in the region and has an on-site [[Family History Center (LDS Church)|Family History Centre]], where the public can research their ancestry at little or no charge.
==International network==
The town is part of a worldwide network of towns and cities with the name [[Newcastle (disambiguation)|Newcastle]]<!--intentional link to DAB page-->.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/stoke/content/articles/2006/08/11/newcastle_under_lyme_towns_feature.shtml |publisher=BBC Stoke |title=Towns and Villages – Newcastle-under-Lyme |access-date=6 May 2007}}.</ref> These include well-known [[Newcastle upon Tyne]] (also in England), [[Neuburg an der Donau]] (Germany), [[Neuchâtel]] (Switzerland), [[Neufchâteau, Vosges|Neufchâteau]] (France), [[New Castle, Indiana]] (US), [[New Castle, Pennsylvania]] (US), [[New Castle, Delaware]] (US), [[Newcastle, KwaZulu-Natal]] (South Africa) and [[Shinshiro]] (Japan).
This small international network of eight towns, formed in 1998, is designed to encourage friendship and cooperation between them. Accordingly, a school in the South African town benefited in 2004 from gifts of computing equipment surplus to Newcastle-under-Lyme's needs. The annual ''Newcastles of the World'' Summit was held in Newcastle-under-Lyme for six days from 17 June 2006.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.newcastle-staffs.gov.uk/newsarticle.asp?id=SX9F7A-A7801EF2 |title=Warm welcome for summit delegates |publisher=Newcastle-under-Lyme Borough Council |date=15 June 2006 |access-date=5 May 2007 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070311045229/http://www.newcastle-staffs.gov.uk/newsarticle.asp?id=SX9F7A-A7801EF2 |archive-date=11 March 2007 |df=dmy-all}}</ref>
*[[Neuburg an der Donau]], Germany
*[[Neuchâtel]], Switzerland
*[[Neufchâteau, Vosges|Neufchâteau]], France
*[[New Castle, Delaware]], United States
*[[New Castle, Indiana]], United States
*[[New Castle, Pennsylvania]], United States
*[[Newcastle upon Tyne]], England
*[[Newcastle, KwaZulu-Natal]], South Africa
*[[Shinshiro]], Japan
==Notable people==
{{Main|List of people from Newcastle-under-Lyme}}
===17th and 18th centuries===
*[[Humphrey Wollrich]] (1633–1707), Quaker writer<ref>{{Cite DNB |wstitle=Wolrich,_Humphrey |volume= 62 |short=x}}</ref>
*[[Philip Astley]] (1742–1814), equestrian, inventor and father of the modern circus<ref>{{cite DNB|wstitle=Astley, Philip John |volume= 02 |last= Cook |first=  Edward Dutton |pages = 207&ndash;208 |short = x}}</ref><ref>[http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/london/2929565.stm BBC News Channel, Tuesday, 8 April, 2003. Retrieved December 2017.]</ref>
*[[Silvester Harding]] (1745–1809), artist and publisher, who joined a company of strolling actors at age 14<ref>{{Cite DNB |wstitle=Harding,_Silvester |volume= 24 |short=x}}</ref>
*[[John James Blunt]] (1794–1855), Anglican priest who wrote studies of the early Church.<ref>{{Cite EB1911 |wstitle=Blunt, John James |volume=04 |short=x}}</ref><ref>{{Cite DNB |wstitle=Blunt,_John_James |volume= 05 |short=x}}</ref>
===19th century===
*[[Henry Moseley (mathematician)|Henry Moseley]] (1801–1872), churchman, mathematician and scientist<ref>{{Cite DNB| wstitle=Moseley,_Henry |volume=39 |short=x}}</ref>
*[[Joseph Mayer (antiquary)|Joseph Mayer]] (1803–1886), goldsmith, antiquary and collector<ref>{{Cite DNB |wstitle=Mayer,_Joseph |volume= 37 |short=x}}</ref>
*[[Emma Darwin|Emma Darwin (née Wedgwood)]] (1808–1896), granddaughter of [[Josiah Wedgwood]] and wife of [[Charles Darwin]]<ref>[http://darwin-online.org.uk/EmmaDiaries.html Emma Darwin's diaries 1824-1896]</ref>
*Sir [[Oliver Lodge]] (1851–1940), physicist, inventor and writer<ref>{{Cite EB1911 |wstitle=Lodge, Sir Oliver Joseph |volume= 16 |short=x}}</ref>
*[[Arthur Heath|Arthur Howard Heath]] (1856–1930), industrialist, cricketer, Rugby Union international and local Conservative MP<ref>[https://api.parliament.uk/historic-hansard/people/mr-arthur-heath-1 HANSARD 1803–2005, Mr Arthur Heath.] Retrieved December 2017.</ref>
*Sir [[Joseph Cook]] (1860 in Silverdale – 1947), worked in the local coalmines before emigrating in 1885; Prime Minister of Australia, 1913–1914<ref>[http://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/cook-sir-joseph-5763 Australian Dictionary of Biography, Cook, Sir Joseph (1860–1947)]. Retrieved 11 February 2018.</ref>
*[[Grand Duke Michael Mikhailovich of Russia]], (1861–1929), lived in [[Keele Hall]] in 1900–1909.<ref>[https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/27331/page/4569 The London Gazette, 9 July 1901, Issue:27331, Page:4569.] Retrieved December 2017.</ref>
*[[Arnold Bennett]] (1867–1931), writer, went to school in Newcastle<ref>[http://biography.yourdictionary.com/arnold-bennett YourDictionary Arnold Bennett, Facts.] Retrieved December 2017.</ref>
*[[Ada Nield Chew]] (1870–1945), suffragist and social activist<ref>[https://www.historyextra.com/period/victorian/ada-nield-chew-englands-forgotten-suffragist HistoryExtra - BBC History Magazine, Ada Nield Chew: England’s forgotten suffragist] retrieved 31 May 2021.</ref>
*[[Fanny Deakin]] (1883–1968), local politician born in Silverdale, campaigned for child nourishment and maternity care.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20070902001036/http://www.newcastle-staffs.gov.uk/general.asp?id=SXEA55-A77FA208 Newcastle-under-Lyme BC website, 2004, Fanny Deakin 1883–1968.] Retrieved December 2017.</ref>
*[[Vera Brittain]] (1893–1970), author, reformer and pacifist, and mother of [[Shirley Williams]]<ref>[https://www.theguardian.com/books/2003/aug/30/featuresreviews.guardianreview18 The Guardian, 30 August 2003, The making of a peacenik]. Retrieved December 2017.</ref>
*[[Reginald Mitchell]] (1895–1937), designer of the [[Supermarine Spitfire|Spitfire]] fighter plane<ref>[http://www.rjmitchell-spitfire.co.uk/aboutrjmitchell/index.asp?sectionID=1 RJ Mitchell website, A life in aviation.] Retrieved December 2017.</ref>
*[[Robert W. Tebbs]] (1875–1945), architectural photographer
===20th century===
*[[Ernest Sackville Turner|E. S. Turner]] (1909–2006), journalist and author, went to school in the town.<ref>[https://www.theguardian.com/media/2006/jul/18/pressandpublishing.obituaries ''The Guardian'', 18 July 2006, Obituary: E. S. Turner, Stalwart of Punch.] Retrieved December 2017.</ref>
*[[Fred Kite]] (1921–1993), only Second World War British soldier to receive the [[Military Medal]] three times<ref>[https://www.tracesofwar.com/persons/44073/Kite-Frederick-William-Buck.htm?c=aw TracesOfWar.com, Kite, Frederick William "Buck".] Retrieved 8 February 2018.</ref>
*[[Colin Melbourne]] (1928–2009), ceramicist and sculptor of several statues in Stoke-on-Trent, was born in the town<ref>[https://funeral-notices.co.uk/notice/colin+melbourne/1980241 Obituary notice of Colin Melbourne] ''Funeral notices'', 14 August 2009. Retrieved 30 October 2023.</ref>
*[[Freddie Garrity]] (1936–2006), singer, lived in the town near the end of his life.<ref>[http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/manchester/5000396.stm BBC News, 20 May 2006.] Retrieved December 2017.</ref>
*[[Jackie Trent]] (1940–2015), singer, songwriter and actress<ref>[https://www.theguardian.com/music/2015/mar/22/jackie-trent ''The Guardian'', March 22, 2015, Jackie Trent obituary.] Retrieved December 2017.</ref>
*[[Neil Baldwin (Keele University)|Neil Baldwin]] (born 1946), clown, [[Stoke City F.C.|Stoke City]] kit-man and honorary graduate of [[Keele University]]<ref>[https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/62507/supplement/N26 The London Gazette, 2018 BEM medal] retrieved 31 May 2021.</ref>
*[[Kevin Dunn (bishop)|Kevin John Dunn]] (1950–2008), twelfth Roman Catholic [[Bishop of Hexham and Newcastle]]<ref>[http://rcdhn.org.uk/rest_in_peace/formerbishops/kd/kd_bio.php The Diocese of Hexham & Newcastle, Bishop Kevin Dunn RIP.] Retrieved 8 February 2018.</ref>
*Professor [[Alan Sinclair (scientist)|Alan Sinclair]] (born 1952), clinical scientist and diabetes specialist<ref>[https://expertfile.com/experts/profalan.jsinclair International Federation of Ageing, profile for Professor Alan Sinclair.] Retrieved December 2017.</ref>
*[[Janet Bloomfield]] (1953–2007), peace and disarmament campaigner.<ref>[https://www.theguardian.com/uk/2005/apr/13/books.arts  Guardian website, 2005] retrieved 31 May 2021.</ref>
*[[Fran Unsworth]] (born 1957), journalist, head of BBC News since January 2018<ref>[https://www.imdb.com/name/nm3801135/ Fran Unsworth, IMDb Database.] Retrieved December 2017.</ref><ref>[https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-42365321 BBC News, 15 December 2017, BBC appoints Fran Unsworth as next head of news.] Retrieved 30 January 2018.</ref>
*[[Andrew Van Buren]] (living), illusionist, showman, co-founder of the Philip Astley Project
*[[Hugh Dancy]], (born 1975), actor played [[Will Graham (character)|Will Graham]] in [[Hannibal (TV series)]]<ref>[https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0199215/  Hugh Dancy, IMDb Database] retrieved 31 May 2021.</ref>
*[[Charlotte Salt]], (born 1985), actress as [[Sam Nicholls]] in [[Casualty (TV series)]]<ref name="Stoke">{{Cite web |url=https://www.stokesentinel.co.uk/whats-on/whats-on-news/actress-charlotte-back-casualty-two-1483064 |title=Actress Charlotte is back in Casualty – and has two new films out |publisher=Stoke Sentinel |year=2018}}</ref>''
*[[Dan Croll]] (born 1991), singer-songwriter.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.thecrackmagazine.com/view-editorial/4599 | title=Dan Croll }}</ref>
*[[John Wain]] (1925-1994), author, playwright, poet, critic, biographer. Professor of Poetry at Oxford University.
=== Politics ===
*[[Robert Needham, 2nd Viscount Kilmorey]] (1587/88–1653), supporter of [[Charles I of England|Charles I]]; MP for Newcastle-under-Lyme in the [[Addled Parliament]] in 1614.<ref>[http://www.historyofparliamentonline.org/volume/1604-1629/member/needham-robert-15878-1653 The History of Parliament Trust, NEEDHAM, Robert (1587/8–1653).] Retrieved December 2017.</ref>
*Sir [[Richard Leveson (1598–1661)]], MP for [[Newcastle-under-Lyme (UK Parliament constituency)|Newcastle]] in the [[Long Parliament]], rebuilt [[Trentham Hall]] 1630-1638<ref>[http://www.historyofparliamentonline.org/volume/1604-1629/member/leveson-richard-1598-1661 The History of Parliament Trust, LEVESON, Richard (1598–1661).] Retrieved December 2017.</ref>
*[[Samuel Terrick]] (1602–1675), local politician.<ref>[http://www.historyofparliamentonline.org/volume/1660-1690/member/terrick-samuel-1602-75 The History of Parliament Trust, TERRICK, Samuel (c. 1602–1675).] Retrieved December 2017.</ref> In 1658 he went bankrupt for £20,000.
*[[Thomas Harrison (soldier)|Major-General Thomas Harrison]] (1606–1660) sided with Parliament in the English Civil War. In 1649 he signed the death warrant of [[Charles I of England|Charles I]] and in 1660, after the Restoration, was found guilty of regicide and [[hanged, drawn and quartered]].<ref>{{cite DNB|wstitle= Harrison, Thomas (1606-1660) |volume= 25 |last= Firth |first=  Charles Harding  |pages = 41&ndash;44 |short = x}}</ref>
*Sir [[Alfred Seale Haslam]] (1844–1927) engineer, three times Mayor of Newcastle, MP for Newcastle, 1900–1906<ref>[https://api.parliament.uk/historic-hansard/people/sir-alfred-haslam/index.html Hansard 1803–2005, Sir Alfred Haslam.] Retrieved December 2017.</ref>
*[[Josiah Wedgwood, 1st Baron Wedgwood]] (1872–1943), ''Josiah Wedgwood IV'', great-great-grandson of [[Josiah Wedgwood]] and Liberal MP for Newcastle-under-Lyme, 1906–1919, then its Labour MP, 1919–1942<ref>[https://api.parliament.uk/historic-hansard/people/colonel-josiah-wedgwood/index.html HANSARD 1803–2005, Colonel Josiah Wedgwood.] Retrieved December 2017.</ref>
*Sir [[Oswald Mosley]] (1896–1980), founder of [[British Union of Fascists]], lived in [[Apedale Hall]] in early 1900s
*[[Stephen Swingler]] (1915–1969) Labour MP for [[Stafford (UK Parliament constituency)|Stafford]], 1945–1950, and for Newcastle-under-Lyme 1951–1969<ref>[https://api.parliament.uk/historic-hansard/people/mr-stephen-swingler/index.html Hansard 1803–2005, Stephen Swingler.] Retrieved December 2017.</ref>
*[[John Golding (British politician)|John Golding]] (1931–1999), Labour MP for Newcastle-under-Lyme 1969–1986<ref>[https://api.parliament.uk/historic-hansard/people/mr-john-golding/index.html Hansard 1803–2005, Mr John Golding.] Retrieved December 2017.</ref>
*[[Llin Golding, Baroness Golding]] (born 1933), Labour MP for Newcastle-under-Lyme 1986–2001<ref>[https://api.parliament.uk/historic-hansard/people/mrs-llin-golding/index.html Hansard 1803–2005, Mrs Llin Golding.] Retrieved December 2017.</ref>
*[[Jeremy Lefroy]] (born 1959) Westlands councillor, MP for [[Stafford (UK Parliament constituency)|Stafford]] 2010–2019<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.theyworkforyou.com/mp/24760/jeremy_lefroy/stafford |title=Jeremy Lefroy MP, Stafford |website=TheyWorkForYou |language=en |access-date=2019-08-26}}</ref>
*[[Paul Farrelly]] (born 1962), MP for Newcastle-under-Lyme 2001–2017, journalist<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.theyworkforyou.com/mp/10882/paul_farrelly/newcastle-under-lyme |title=Paul Farrelly MP, Newcastle-under-Lyme |website=TheyWorkForYou |language=en |access-date=2019-08-26}}</ref>
*[[Karen Bradley]] (born 1970), MP for [[Staffordshire Moorlands (UK Parliament constituency)|Staffordshire Moorlands]]<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.theyworkforyou.com/mp/24725/karen_bradley/staffordshire_moorlands |title=Karen Bradley MP, Staffordshire Moorlands |website=TheyWorkForYou |language=en |access-date=2019-08-26}}</ref>
*[[Aaron Bell (politician)|Aaron Bell]] (born 1980) politician, MP for Newcastle-under-Lyme since 2019<ref>[https://www.theyworkforyou.com/mp/25916/aaron_bell/newcastle-under-lyme Aaron Bell, MP for Newcastle-under-Lyme] TheyWorkForYou, retrieved 28 April 2021.</ref>
===Sport===
*[[Dick Ray]] (1876–1952) professional footballer and manager with [[Port Vale F.C.|Port Vale]] and [[Manchester City F.C.|Manchester City]], 239 club caps<ref>[http://www.soccerbase.com/managers/manager.sd?manager_id=374  Dick Ray] SoccerBase database, retrieved December 2017.</ref>
*[[Frederick Bailey (cricketer)|Frederick Bailey]] (1919–1985), left-handed English cricketer<ref>[http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/player/9448.html ESPN cricinfo Database. Retrieved December 2017.]</ref>
*[[Don Ratcliffe]] (1934–2014), footballer with [[Stoke City F.C.|Stoke City]], 438 club caps<ref>[http://www.neilbrown.newcastlefans.com/player/donratcliffe.html Post War English & Scottish Football League A–Z Player's Database.] Retrieved December 2017.</ref>
*[[Mike Pejic]] (born 1950), footballer with Stoke City and [[Everton F.C.|Everton]], 360 club caps<ref>[https://www.soccerbase.com/players/player.sd?player_id=6236  Mike Pejic] at Soccerbase Database</ref>
*[[Ian Moores]] (1954–1998) footballer with Stoke City and [[Tottenham Hotspur F.C.|Tottenham Hotspur]], 359 club caps
*[[Robbie Earle]] (born 1965), footballer with Port Vale and [[Wimbledon F.C.|Wimbledon]], 578 club caps<ref>[http://www.soccerbase.com/players/player.sd?player_id=2254  Robbie Earle] SoccerBase Database, retrieved December 2017.</ref>
*[[Graham Shaw (footballer, born 1967)|Graham Shaw]] (born 1967) footballer with Stoke City, 284 club caps, now a solicitor<ref>[https://www.soccerbase.com/players/player.sd?player_id=7211  Graham Shaw] at Soccerbase Database</ref>
*[[Dominic Cork]], (born 1971) cricketer<ref>[http://www.espncricinfo.com/england/content/player/10816.html ESPN cricinfo Database.] Retrieved December 2017.</ref>
*[[Simon Wakefield]] (born 1974), professional golfer
*[[Alan Richardson (cricketer)|Alan Richardson]] (born 1975), cricketer
*[[Lizzie Neave]] (born 1987), slalom canoeist in women's kayak, competed in [[2012 Summer Olympics]]
*[[Oliver Sadler]] (born 1987), first-class cricketer
*[[Peter Wilshaw]] (born 1987), cricketer<ref>[http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/player/22704.html ESPN cricinfo Database.] Retrieved December 2017.</ref>
*[[Eddie Hall]] (born 1988), professional strongman<ref>[http://theworldsstrongestman.com/athletes/eddie-hall/ The World's Strongest Man website.] Retrieved December 2017.</ref>
*[[Danielle Wyatt]] (born 1991), professional England cricketer
*[[Curtis Nelson]] (born 1993), footballer for [[Plymouth Argyle F.C.]], 387 club caps<ref>[http://www.soccerbase.com/players/player.sd?player_id=54429   Curtis Nelson] SoccerBase Database, retrieved December 2017.</ref>
==See also==
*[[Listed buildings in Newcastle-under-Lyme]]
==References==
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==Bibliography==
*{{Cite book |last=Jenkins |first=J G |title=A History of Newcastle-under-Lyme |year=1983 |publisher=Staffordshire County Library }}
*{{Cite book |last=Briggs |first=J |title=Newcastle-under-Lyme, 1173–1973 |year=1973 |publisher=Newcastle-under-Lyme Borough Council |isbn=978-0-9502745-1-5}}
*{{Cite book |last1=Morris |first1=Dennis |last2=Priestley |first2=Anthony |last3=Priestley |first3=Joy |last4=Simmons |first4=Roger |last5=Watkin |first5=Edward |title=The Borough of Newcastle-under-Lyme : A Portrait in Old Picture Postcards |year=1987 |publisher=Brampton Publications |id=ASIN B000IBSQAW}}
*{{Cite book |last=Adams |title=Wartime Newcastle-under-Lyme |year=1988 |publisher=Hendon Publishing Co Ltd |isbn=978-0-86067-113-8 |first=D W}}
*{{Cite book |last=Adams |first=D W |title=Newcastle-under-Lyme as it was |year=1986 |publisher=Hendon Publishing Co Ltd |isbn=978-0-86067-106-0}}
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