Newcastle-under-Lyme is a local government district with borough status in Staffordshire, England.
It is named after its main town of Newcastle-under-Lyme where the council is based, but also includes the town of Kidsgrove, the villages of Silverdale and Keele, and the rural area surrounding Audley. Most of the borough forms part of The Potteries Urban Area.
The present town is originally a Roman settlement. In the Middle Ages there was a large c...
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