Newcastle-under-Lyme History Tour

Neil Collingwood

• Publisher: Amberley Publishing
• Year: 2019
• Topic: History
• eBook ISBN:
  9781445692890
• Subtopic: World History
• Index: History

The Staffordshire market town of Newcastle-under-Lyme owes its existence and its name to the building of a new castle there in the twelfth century. The town's status grew from the twelfth to the eighteenth centuries, with industries and trades including hat-making, brick manufacturing and engineering. During that period it was referred to as the 'Capital of North Staffordshire'. Throughout the last century 'progress' has wrought huge changes on the town and few buildings of note remain in comparison with what was standing at the beginning of the 1960s. In Newcastle-under-Lyme History Tour, author Neil Collingwood guides the reader through the streets of the town to show how it has transformed across the decades. With the help of a handy location map, readers can discover for themselves the changing face of the town and the way of life there.

Table of contents

• Cover
• Title Page
• Copyright Page
• Introduction
• Key
• 1. Approaching Newcastle-under-Lyme from the South, c. 1930
• 2. Junction of London Road and High Street, 1950s
• 3. Hassell Street, 1970s
• 4. Bagnall Street, Elephant and Castle Beerhouse, c. 1910
• 5. George Street, c. 1957
• 6. Newcastle Railway Station Goods Yard, 1940s
• 7. Newcastle Railway Station, King Street, 1960s
• 8. Plaza Cinema, Nelson Place, 1930s
• 9. Ironmarket from Nelson Place, 1920s
• 10. Borough Treasurer’s Office, Nelson Place, 1966
• 11. Barracks Road, Looking South, 1967
• 12. Ironmarket, the Municipal Hall from the Queen’s Gardens, early 1960s
• 13. Nelson Place, the Roxy Cinema and Newcastle Swimming Baths, c. 1960
• 14. St John’s Church, Liverpool Road, 1920s
• 15. Upper Green During the Construction of the A34, 1964
• 16. Bridge Street, The Albemarle Almshouses, 1960s
• 17. Froghall, 1935/36
• 18. Liverpool Road Looking South, 1970s
• 19. View North-west from St Giles’ Church Tower, 1930s
• 20. Junction of Lower Street and Pool Dam, 1934
• 21. Pool Dam Looking Towards Church Street, c. 1934
• 22. Deansgate and Drayton Road, The Higherland, 1920s
• 23. Blackfriars, Blackfriars Bakery and Friar Street, early 1960s
• 24. Friars Street Looking Towards Lower Street, 1937
• 25. Castle Hotel, High Street, 1968
• 26. Shops on the High Street, 1870s
• 27. Market Cross, High Street, c. 1873
• 28. High Street Looking South past the Guildhall, c. 1865
• 29. The Former Roebuck Coaching Inn, 1930s
• 30. New Street Looking Towards the Municipal Hall, c. 1920
• 31. Hind’s Vaults and the Globe Hotel, Red Lion Square, 1960s
• 32. Weights & Measures Office, Red Lion Square, 1890s
• 33. Rimmel’s Shop and St Giles’ Church, pre-1873
• 34. Red Lion Square from the rear of the Weights & Measures Office, c. 1920
• 35. Lad Lane, c. 1968
• 36. Ironmarket Looking South-west, c. 1914
• 37. Ironmarket Looking Towards the Municipal Hall, c. 1905
• 38. Ironmarket, Steps House, pre-1888
• 39. Ironmarket, St Giles’ Rectory, c. 1900
• 40. Penkhull Street/High Street, 1920s
• 41. Penkhull Street Looking North, c. 1948
• 42. Paradise Street, c. 1935
• 43. South End of High Street, 1964
• Acknowledgements
• By The Same Author