Newcastle upon Tyne | |
Historic county | Northumberland |
Founded | 2nd century AD |
City status | 1882 |
Metropolitan borough | 1 April 1974 |
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The earliest settlement ( Pons Aelius as it was known ) was a bridgehead of the Roman world, Hadrian's Wall was the edge of an ancient empire, Northumbria was ...
It dates from the Roman period and derives its name from the Norman castle built in 1080 by Robert II of Normandy, the oldest son of William I (the Conqueror).
Newcastle became one of the great provincial centres of medieval England. “Coals to Newcastle” - the phrase indicates the dominating importance of the coal.