Newcastle upon Tyne

English speaking worldBy Laura, Nuna and Denise

Class 1B

Newcastle upon Tyne

History Significant people

CultureGeography

122 A.D : Roman emperor Hadrian build Pons Aelius

1080 : The new castle was built by Robert Curthose, eldest son of William the conqueror

1174 : The Scots king William the Lion was imprisoned in Newcastle

13th century : Newcastle developed as a merchant and trading community

1400 : Newcastle is made a county in its own right

1600 : The population of Newcastle stood around 10,000.

1650 : About 400,000 tons of coal are exported from new castle every year.

From the late seventeenth century the town became a regional centre

1711 : The first new paper published in the north of England

19th century : Outbreaks of cholera

1891 : The population of Newcastle-upon-Tyne was around 186,300.

1892 : Newcastle United Football Club was founded.

History

Population

According to the UK government’s information the city of Newcastle had a population of 259000 people.

The average age of people living in Newcastle is 37,8 (while the national average is 38,6)

Many people in Newcastle have Scottish or Irish ancestors

The dialect

The dialect of Newcastle is known as Geordie, and contains a large amount of vocabulary that is not used in other parts of the UK

The Geordie dialect has much of its origins in the language spoken by the Anglo- Saxon

Culture

Newcastle has become a cultural hub in the past few years

It has a good nightlife, a strong reputation as a poetry center, many theatres and so on

GeographyNamed after the river Tyne

Ground: coal seam, sand stones, mud stones, so it’s rich on coal

Fourteen kilometers from the Northsea

0-100 meters above sea level

Cfb climate, milder because of Gulf stream

Significant people

Rowan Atkinson (actor)

Sir Joseph Swan (inventor of the incandescent light bulb)

Peter Higgs (Nobel Prize winner, discovering Higgs particle)

Charles Avison (composer 18th century)

George Stephenson (modern steam railways)

Horatio Nelson (thwart the Neopolic fleet)

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