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John of Gaunt built a castle in the town, hence the new & castle elements of the name. 'Under' is an old fashioned use of the word meaning 'among,, related to the Swedish 'under' and Germant 'unter'. 'Lyme' means an elm forest. So 'Newcastle-under-Lyme' means 'new castle amongst the elms'.

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Michael Turner

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