A vision of Britain through time
A vision of Britain from 1801 to now.
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A vision of Britain through time
A vision of Britain from 1801 to now.
Including maps, statistical trends and historical descriptions.
Northwich.-- market town and township with ry. sta., Great Budworth par., Cheshire, 11 miles SE. of Warrington, 18 miles NE. of Chester, and 172 miles NW. of London - township, 13 ac., pop. 1022; town, 1920 ac., pop. 12,246; P.O., T.O., 3 Banks, 1 news-paper. Market-day, Friday. Some very old houses are to be seen in the town, which is rather irregularly built. Salt works and rock salt mines are here very important, and maintain an enormous trade, especially in exports to America and the East Indies. Belgium and Prussia are large customers for rock salt. The salt springs of Northwich are said to have been known to the Romans. The rock salt of the locality was discovered accidentally in 1670.
(John Bartholomew, Gazetteer of the British Isles (1887))
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| Feature Description: | "market town and township with railway station" (ADL Feature Type: "cities") |
| Administrative units: | Cheshire AncC |
| Place: | Northwich |
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