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Why is it called Newcastle

It's been there for a long time it should be call oldcastle :cheer2:

Cause it was new when they build it and cannot be arsed to change the name.

A beautiful city :flutter:

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Originally Posted by Calderyon (Post 10653007)

Cause it was new when they build it and cannot be arsed to change the name.

You tell him Cald :laugh:

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After the Roman departure from Britain, completed in 410, Newcastle became part of the powerful Anglo-Saxon kingdom of Northumbria, and was known throughout this period as Munucceaster (sometimes modernised as Monkchester).

Conflicts with the Danes in 876 left the settlements along the River Tyne in ruins. After the conflicts with the Danes, and following the 1088 rebellion against the Normans, Monkchester was all but destroyed by Odo of Bayeux.

Because of its strategic position, Robert Curthose, son of William the Conqueror, erected a wooden castle there in the year 1080. The town was henceforth known as Novum Castellum or New Castle. The wooden structure was replaced by a stone castle in 1087. The castle was rebuilt again in 1172 during the reign of Henry II. Much of the keep which can be seen in the city today dates from this period.

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikiped...le_schloss.jpg
Newcastle Castle Keep is the oldest structure in the city, dating back to at least the 11th century.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Newcas...xon_and_Norman

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Originally Posted by James (Post 10653120)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Newcas...xon_and_Norman

That explains that thanks :cheer2: