. A history of the town and parish of Nantwich, or Wich-Malbank, in the county palatine of Chester. l was accorded to him, which was witnessed by a large concourse of people. A monthly Cheese Fair commenced on the gth Nov. Mrs. Cooper, of Hospital Street, accidentally killed in the hunting field on the 2gthDecember. 1883. On May-day the newly eredted Brine and Medicinal Baths, on Snow Hill, werepublicly inaugurated in the presence of about two hundred and fifty specftators, by HenryJ. ToUemache, Esq. , of Dorfold Hall. It is not a little singular that nearly twohundred years ago Nantwich f
. A history of the town and parish of Nantwich, or Wich-Malbank, in the county palatine of Chester. l was accorded to him, which was witnessed by a large concourse of people. A monthly Cheese Fair commenced on the gth Nov. Mrs. Cooper, of Hospital Street, accidentally killed in the hunting field on the 2gthDecember. 1883. On May-day the newly eredted Brine and Medicinal Baths, on Snow Hill, werepublicly inaugurated in the presence of about two hundred and fifty specftators, by HenryJ. ToUemache, Esq. , of Dorfold Hall. It is not a little singular that nearly twohundred years ago Nantwich followed Droitwich in abolishing the ancient salt customs;and in this present year of grace, by establishing saline Baths, Nantwich has again followedin the wake of Droitwich, where similar baths were opened on the ist Jan. 1876. Itmay also be pointed out that if the opening ceremony had been arranged to have takenplace but two days later, it would then have corresponded exaftly, in time and place,with the annual Ascension-day Festival of olden times. TRADES OF THE TOWN Cjje ^alt VERYONE admits that the rise of Nantwich was due to thepresence of its Brine Spring; which, according to Mr. Partridge,has long been called the Old Biot. Nowhere, however, inany ancient deed or record that has come under my notice,has this local name occurred; nor can it be stated with anydegree of certainty how long the Brine Pit has been in ex-istence. Although most Cheshire writers contend that theRomans were acquainted with the Salt-springs in this county;stronger evidence is yet required before it can be positivelyasserted that Nantwich, and the other Wiches, really existedat so distant a period of history. If the convergence of roads (see p. 8) implies the existenceof a small Roman station, (which, it must be remembered, is not mentioned in the Roman Itincras) it still remains to be shown to what century we are to look for the foundingof the Salt-towns of Cheshire; for the Roman o
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