Newcastle means 'new castle,' named after the Norman fortification built in 1080 on the site of the Roman fort Pons Aelius on the River Tyne.
A city in northeast England on the River Tyne, historically important for coal mining and shipbuilding
Newcastle takes its name from the 'new castle' built in 1080 by Robert Curthose, eldest son of William the Conqueror, on the site of the Roman fort Pons Aelius. The name is a straightforward compound: 'new' (from Old English nīwe, from Proto-Germanic *niwjaz) and 'castle' (from Anglo-Norman castel, from Latin castellum, diminutive of castrum, 'fortified place'). The Roman name Pons Aelius referred to a bridge built under Emperor Hadrian (whose family name was Aelius). The Norman castle