. A history of the town and parish of Nantwich, or Wich-Malbank, in the county palatine of Chester. the site of wiche-houses. J See Salt-trade, by Wilckins, Holt and Gngson MSS., vol. xix, p. 242. Liverpool Free Public Library. § Ibid, p. 235. SALT TRADE. 265 salt; whilst other Brine is nearly saturated. From that time, probably, commenced thesubsidence of land in the neighbourhood of Northwich, which has, in later years, by con-tinuing the practice of flooding old mines, assumed so serious an aspeft. To resuscitate the fast dechning salt-trade an attempt was made to conneft this towawith Live
. A history of the town and parish of Nantwich, or Wich-Malbank, in the county palatine of Chester. the site of wiche-houses. J See Salt-trade, by Wilckins, Holt and Gngson MSS., vol. xix, p. 242. Liverpool Free Public Library. § Ibid, p. 235. SALT TRADE. 265 salt; whilst other Brine is nearly saturated. From that time, probably, commenced thesubsidence of land in the neighbourhood of Northwich, which has, in later years, by con-tinuing the practice of flooding old mines, assumed so serious an aspeft. To resuscitate the fast dechning salt-trade an attempt was made to conneft this towawith Liverpool and the export trade by lengthening the navigation of the Weaver fromWinsford Bridge to Nantwich. For this purpose an Aft of Parliament was obtained in7 Geo. II [1733-4] by William Maisterson, Esq., and Thomas Williams, Gent., bothof Nantwich; which, unfortunately, was never carried out, owing, says Partridge, tothe jealousies and disputes betwixt the inhabitants and the persons employed to solicit theAft, who were deemed to have afted too partially in favor of themselves, and precluding. THE OLD LAMB HOTEL. in a great measure the advantages the other subscribers to the expense in obtaining theAft ought to have enjoyed.—{Hist. Nant. p. 59). No less than 222 names of townspeopleand local gentry occur,* as Commissioners for determining controversies, in the Bill,which states that Nantwich was the largest town in the County. From that time,however, Nantwich became of secondary importance as a salt-town; the trade was confinedto local distrifts, salt still being carried in packs on horse-back into Salop, the neighbouringcounties, and North Wales. • Of these names the following may be mentioned :—The Rt. Hon. Lord Kilmorey : Hon. James Cholmondeley ; SirRobt. Salusbury Cotton. Bart.; Sir Philip Chetwode, Bart.; Rev. Thos. Brooke, ; John Crewe, Esq.,; The Earlof Dysart; Rev. Joseph Harwar, Vicar of Aden ; Roger Wilbraham, of Nantwich ; Roger Wilbrahara, of Dorfold ;
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