Newcastle upon Tyne

1. Newcastle upon Tyne English speaking worldBy Laura, Nuna and DeniseClass 1B

2. Newcastle upon Tyne Significant people History Culture Geography

3. History • 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 • 19thcentury : Outbreaks of cholera • 1891 : The population of Newcastle-upon-Tyne was around 186,300. • 1892 : Newcastle United Football Club was founded.

4. 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

5. 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

6. 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

7. Geography • Namedafter the river Tyne • Ground: coalseam, sandstones, mud stones, soit’srich on coal • Fourteen kilometers from the Northsea • 0-100 meters abovesea level • Cfbclimate, milder because of Gulf stream

8. Significant people • Rowan Atkinson (actor) • Sir Joseph Swan (inventor of the incandescent light bulb) • Peter Higgs (Nobel Prize winner, discovering Higgsparticle) • CharlesAvison (composer 18th century) • George Stephenson (modern steamrailways) • Horatio Nelson (thwart the Neopolicfleet)

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