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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.
Newcastle-under-Lyme, Staffordshire, England Newcastle-under-Lyme Friary was a religious house of Dominican friars in Newcastle-under-Lyme , Staffordshire , England . Founded sometime in the 13th century, it was a surrendered to the Crown in 1538, during the Dissolution of the Monasteries .
Following that, it became part of the Wolstanton United Urban District until 1932, when it was added to the Borough of Newcastle-under-Lyme. On 1 April 1932 the parish was abolished and merged with Newcastle-under-Lyme. [5] In 1931 the parish had a population of 6861. [6] The main employer in Chesterton was Holditch Colliery.
The Borough of Newcastle-under-Lyme is a local government district with borough status in Staffordshire, England. It is named after the town of Newcastle-under-Lyme , where the council is based. The borough also includes the town of Kidsgrove and several villages and surrounding rural areas lying generally to the west of Newcastle itself.
Lyme Brook is a tributary stream of the River Trent, which flows through Newcastle-under-Lyme, and the outlying areas of Stoke-on-Trent in Staffordshire, England. [ 3 ] [ 4 ] Course
New facilities were procured under a private finance initiative contract to replace both the City General Hospital and the North Staffordshire Royal Infirmary in 2007. The works, which were designed by Ryder / HKS [4] and carried out by Laing O'Rourke at a cost of £370 million [5] on the old City General Hospital site, were completed August 2012.
The Junction Canal was planned in turn to connect to the Newcastle-under-Lyme Canal via an inclined plane, but although approved in the Newcastle-under-Lyme Canal and Sir Nigel Bowyer Gresley's Canal Junction Act 1798 this was not built due to lack of money, thus the Sir Nigel Gresley's Canal remained severed from the main inland network and ...
The building was designed in the Italianate style as a barracks for the North Staffordshire Militia and completed in 1855. [1] It was initially used by G Company of the 2nd Staffordshire Rifle Volunteer Corps [2] which evolved to become The King's Own (3rd Staffordshire) Rifles Militia before being renamed the 4th (Militia) Battalion in 1881. [3]