Northwich
Coordinates: 53°15′32″N 2°31′05″W / 53.259, -2.518 Map of Earth showing lines of latitude (horizontally) and longitude (vertically), Eckert VI projection; large version (pdf, 1. ... Northwich shown within Cheshire
Population	19,259 [1]
OS grid reference	SJ651733
Parish	Northwich
District	Vale Royal
Shire county	Cheshire
Region	North West
Constituent country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	Northwich
Postcode district	CW9
Dial code	01606
Police	Cheshire
Fire	Cheshire
Ambulance	North West
UK Parliament	Weaver Vale
European Parliament	North West England
Website: http://www.northwichtc.plus.com
List of places: UK • England • Cheshire

Northwich is a wich town in Cheshire, England. It lies in the heart of the Cheshire Plain at the confluence of the River Weaver and River Dane. The town is approximately eighteen miles (29 km) east of Chester and fifteen miles (24 km) south of Warrington. Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... Image File history File links Red_pog. ... The Cheshire Plain - photo taken adjacent to Beeston Castle The Cheshire Plain - photo taken towards Merseyside The Cheshire Plain panorama - photo taken from Mid-Cheshire Ridge Cattle farming in the county Black-and-white timbered buildings on Nantwich High Street Cheshire (or, archaically, the County of Chester)[1] is a... The British national grid reference system is a system of geographic grid references commonly used in Great Britain, different from using latitude or longitude. ... 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The area around Northwich has been exploited for its salt pans since the Roman period, when the settlement was known as Condate. The town has been severely affected by salt mining with subsidence historically being a large issue. However, recent investment in mine stabilisation is set to change the town with the 'Northwich Vision' providing a roadmap for a programme of development work into the future. Contemporary salt pans on the island of Lanzarote. ... Principal sites in Roman Britain Roman Britain refers to those parts of the island of Great Britain controlled by the Roman Empire between 43 and 410. ... Northwich is a wich town in Cheshire, England. ... Northwich is a wich town in Cheshire, England. ...

Geography and administration

Northwich Town Council in Vale Royal borough

Northwich is situated in the Cheshire Plain. Two rivers meet in the town centre, the Weaver and the Dane. Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... The River Weaver The River Weaver is a watercourse running a curving route anti-clockwise across west Cheshire, England. ...

The town is made up of five main districts of Leftwich, Northwich, Northwich Castle, Winnington and Witton. Leftwich is a village in Cheshire, England. ... Winnington is small, mainly residential area of the town of Northwich in Cheshire, England. ...

Northwich is surrounded by the following civil parishes within the Vale Royal borough, starting due north and proceeding in a clockwise direction: In England a civil parish (usually just parish) is the smallest area used for local government. ...

• Anderton with Marbury
• Marston
• Wincham
• Lostock Gralam
• Rudheath
• Davenham
• Hartford
• Weaverham
• Barnton

Arms of Northwich Town Council

Anderton with Marbury is a civil parish in the Vale Royal district of Cheshire, England. ... Marston is a village in the county of Cheshire in the north west of England, on the River Weaver, close to Anderton and the Anderton Boat Lift; it lies south of Great Budworth and north of Northwich. ... The Cheshire Plain - photo taken adjacent to Beeston Castle The Cheshire Plain - photo taken towards Merseyside The Cheshire Plain panorama - photo taken from Mid-Cheshire Ridge Cattle farming in the county Black-and-white timbered buildings on Nantwich High Street Cheshire (or, archaically, the County of Chester)[1] is a... Map of civil parish of Lostock Gralam within borough of Vale Royal Lostock Gralam is a village and civil parish in the county of Cheshire, in the north west of England, east of Northwich. ... Map of civil parish of Rudheath within borough of Vale Royal Rudheath is a village and civil parish in the county of Cheshire, in the north west of England, approximately 2 miles east of Northwich. ... Davenham (pronounced Dayvnum) is a rural village in Cheshire. ... Hartford is a small town in Cheshire very close to the town of Northwich. ... Weaverham is a village and civil parish in the Vale Royal district of Cheshire, England. ... Barnton is a small village in the north-west of England, just outside the town of Northwich, Cheshire. ... Arms of Northwich Town Council. ... Arms of Northwich Town Council. ...

Civic history

Between 1885 and 1983 Northwich gave its name to a parliamentary consituency. Since this date it has formed part of the Weaver Vale constitency, currently held by Mike Hall (Labour). Northwich was a constituency in Cheshire which returned one Member of Parliament to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1885 until it was abolished for the 1983 general election. ... Weaver Vale is a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. ... Michael Thomas Hall (born 20 September 1952, Ashton-under-Lyne) is a British politician. ...

The Local Government Act 1972 replaced the Urban District Council of Northwich with a new district (now borough) council, Vale Royal. Vale Royal covers areas previously covered by Northwich UDC (Urban District Council), Northwich RDC (Rural District Council), Winsford UDC and parts of Runcorn RDC. Northwich Town Council now has the powers of a parish council. The Local Government Act 1972 (1972 c. ... Vale Royal is a local government district and borough in Cheshire, North West England. ... A civil parish (usually just parish) in England is a subnational entity forming the lowest unit of local government, lower than districts or counties. ...

The town coat of arms features the Latin motto "Sal est Vita" meaning "Salt is Life", which can be seen on the town's crest of arms. Latin is an ancient Indo-European language originally spoken in Latium, the region immediately surrounding Rome. ... A motto (from Italian) is a phrase or a short list of words meant formally to describe the general motivation or intention of an entity, social group, or organization. ...

History

Roman Northwich

During Roman times Northwich was known as Condate. There is archaeological evidence of a Roman auxiliary fort within the area of Castle dated to 70AD. This and other North West forts were built as the Romans moved north from their stronghold in Chester. The fort at Northwich is thought to have been built to due to the strategic river crossing of the Weaver and the presence of the brine springs.

Salt was very important in Roman society. The Roman word salarium, linked employment, salt and soldiers, but the exact link is unclear. It is also theorised that this is the basis for the modern word salary. Another theory is that the word soldier itself comes from the Latin sal dare (to give salt). See History of salt for further details. This article or section does not adequately cite its references or sources. ... Naturally formed salt crystals with a U.S. penny for size reference (19. ...

The Romans used lead salt pans to extract the salt from the brine. Salt pans and 1st century brine kilns have all been found around the Roman fort.

Northwich can be identified through two contemporary Roman documents. The first of these is the Antonine Itinerary, a 3rd century road map split into fourteen sections. Itinerary II is called "the route from the Vallum to the port of Rutupiae". It describes the route between Hadrian's Wall in northern England and Richborough on the Kent coast. The station Condate is listed 18 miles from Mamucium (now Manchester) and 20 miles from Deva Victrix (now Chester). Itinerary X is called "the route from Glannoventa to Mediolanum" and details the route between Ravenglass fort, Cumbria and Mediolanum (now Whitchurch, Shropshire). In this description Condate is described as 19 miles before the routes end at Whitchurch and, again, as 18 miles from Manchester. The Antonine Itinerary is a Latin document that can be described as the Road Map of Roman Britain. ... Map sources for Rutupiae at grid reference TR3361 Ruins Richborough Castle Rutupiae was the Roman name for Richborough near Sandwich, Kent, which they founded. ... This article or section does not adequately cite its references or sources. ... Richborough is a settlement just north of Sandwich on the east coast of the English county of Kent. ... coat of Arms of Kent For other uses, see Kent (disambiguation). ... This article or section needs to be updated. ... This page is about the City of Manchester in England. ... An original section of the Roman Fortress wall is visible from the Northgate Foundations of the Roman South-East Corner Tower The Roman Quay Wall Chesters Roman Amphitheatre Roman Antefix Deva Victrix, or simply Deva, was a fort and town in the Roman province of Britannia. ... For the larger local government district, see City of Chester. ... Location within the British Isles Ravenglass is a small coastal town in Cumbria, England. ... Cumbria (IPA: ), created in 1974, is a county in the North West region of England. ... Mediolanum was a fort and small town in the Roman province of Britannia. ... Map sources for Whitchurch at grid reference SJ541415 Whitchurch is a small town in the north of the county of Shropshire. ... Shropshire (alternatively Salop or abbreviated Shrops) is an English county in the West Midlands region of the United Kingdom. ...

The second document is the 7th century Ravenna Cosmology. Again this document refers to Condate between the entries for Salinae (now Middlewich, Cheshire) and Ratae (now Leicester, Leicestershire), at the time the capital of the Corieltauvi tribe. Middlewich is historic market town in Cheshire, in the north west of England. ... Ratae Corieltauvorum was a town in the Roman province of Britannia. ... Leicester city centre, looking towards the Clock Tower Leicester (pronounced ) is the largest city and unitary authority in the English East Midlands region of the UK. The city is the traditional county town of Leicestershire. ... Leicestershire ( IPA: (RP), IPA: (locally)), abbreviation Leics. ... The Coritani, or Corieltauvi, were one of the Celtic tribes living in the British Islands, previous to the Roman invasion of Britain. ...

Salt mining

That salt production continued throughout the centuries can be seen through John Leland's description of the town in 1540:^[2]: John Leland (September 13, 1502–April 18, 1552) was an English antiquary. ...

The salt beds beneath Northwich were re-discovered in the 1670 by employees of the local Smith-Barry family.^[3] The family were actually looking for coal when they accidentally discovered rock salt in the grounds of their house, Marbury Hall, Marbury, north of Northwich. Soon salt mining started again. This mining area is now known as Dairy House Meadow. Sodium chloride, also known as common salt, table salt, or halite, is a chemical compound with formula NaCl. ... Anderton with Marbury is a civil parish in the Vale Royal district of Cheshire, England. ...

During the 19th century it became uneconomical to mine for the salt. Instead hot water was pumped through the mines that dissolved the salt and the resultant brine was pumped out and the salt extracted from the brine. This technique was known as wild brine pumping or natural brine pumping but weakened mines and led to land subsidence as mines collapsed.

The Salt Museum, previously the workhouse

This subsidence affected the town and the surrounding landscape. For example collapses in 1880 formed Witton Flash as the River Weaver flowed into a huge hole caused by subsidence. Image File history File linksMetadata No higher resolution available. ... Image File history File linksMetadata No higher resolution available. ...

By removing underground salt, the salt industry caused huge areas of subsidence, and this allegedly accounts for many old timber-framed houses in the town centre, which were better able to withstand the movement of the ground. Some houses were built on a base of steel girders which could be jacked up to level the house with each change in the underlying ground. A magnified crystal of a salt (halite/sodium chloride) Salt covering the floor of Bad Water in Death Valley, CA, the lowest point in the US. A salt, in chemistry, is defined as the product formed from the neutralisation reaction of acids and bases. ... A road destroyed by subsidence and shear. ... Braubach (Germany) Timber framing is the modern term for the traditional half-timbered construction in which timber provides a visible skeletal frame that supports the whole building. ...

The town's historical links with the salt industry is celebrated in its Salt Museum which is today located in the town's old workhouse. This article or section does not cite any references or sources. ... Former workhouse at Nantwich, dating from 1780 A workhouse was a place where people who were unable to support themselves could go to live and work. ...

Victorian chemical industry

It was in 1874 that John Brunner and Ludwig Mond founded Brunner Mond in Winnington and started manufacturing soda ash using the solvay ammonia-soda process. This process used salt as a main raw material. Sir John Brunner was a British industrialist, and the grandfather of HRH The Duchess of Kent. ... Dr Ludwig Mond (born March 7, 1839, Kassel; died December 11, 1909, London) was an important German-born British chemist and industrialist. ... Brunner Mond is a British-based chemical company that is part of Tata Chemicals Limited, a subsidary of the Tata Group of India. ... Sodium carbonate (also known as washing soda or soda ash), Na2CO3, is a sodium salt of carbonic acid. ... Chemistry The Solvay process calcium carbonate: CaCO3 → CO2 + CaO The solid sodium bicarbonate is then filtered out and converted to sodium carbonate by heating it, recovering some carbon dioxide in the process: 2 NaHCO3 → Na2CO3 + H2O + CO2 Meanwhile, ammonia is recovered from the ammonium chloride byproduct by treating the ammonium...

The chemical industry used the subsided land for the disposal of waste from the manufacture of soda-ash. The waste was transported through a network of cranes and rails to the produce limebeds. This was a dangerous alkaline substance and caused the landscape to be abandoned as unusable. Sodium carbonate (also known as washing soda or soda ash), Na2CO3, is a sodium salt of carbonic acid. ...

Brunner Mond later amalgamated with three other chemical companies in 1926 to form Imperial Chemical Industries, better known as ICI, which was for many years one of Europe's leading chemical companies in both chemical production and research. Imperial Chemical Industries (ICI) is a British chemical group and one of the largest chemical producers in the world. ...

Reclamation

In 1975 Marbury Country Park was the first area to be reclaimed from dereliction and has become a popular recreational area.

In 1987 more land was reclaimed to form Furey Wood and over later years, Cheshire County Council's Land Regeneration Unit reclaimed what is now known as Anderton Nature Park, Witton Flash, Dairy House Meadows, Witton Mill Meadows, and Ashton's and Neumann's Flashes. Much of the funding for the creation of these public areas has been supplied from the North West Development Agency and now extends to approximately 323 hectares of public space. Cheshire County Council is a County Council, and is the second highest level of United Kingdom Government for the residents of Cheshire and the surrounding areas. ... A Regional Development Agency (RDA) is a Non-Departmental Public Body established for the purpose of development, primarily economic, of one of Englands Government Office regions. ...

Salt mine stabilisation

In February 2004 a £28 million programme to stabilise the abandoned salt mines underneath Northwich was begun.^[4] The work was funded by the English Partnerships through its Land Stabilisation Programme, introduced to resolve issues associated with unstable mines around England. English Partnerships (or EP) is a regeneration agency for England, performing a similar role on a national level to that fulfilled by Regional Development Agencies on a regional level. ... Motto (French) God and my right Anthem God Save the King (Queen) England() – on the European continent() – in the United Kingdom() Capital (and largest city) London (de facto) Official languages English (de facto) Government Constitutional monarchy  -  Queen Queen Elizabeth II  -  Prime Minister Tony Blair MP Unification  -  by Athelstan 967  Area...

The four mines identified for work were Baron's Quay, Witton Bank, Neumann's and Penny's Lane. These mines were chosen because their subsidence was causing problems for the town centre.

When they were abandoned the mines were left with supporting salt pillars. Modern salt mining leaves around 30% of the salt to form the pillars but, because of the wild-brine pumping, the 19th century mines under Northwich were left with sometimes only 5% of the salt to form the pillars which has since been found to be inadequate. To provide additional support in the 1920s brine was used to flood the mines. However ground movement has been detected and has effectively ceased development in Northwich town centre. Brine is water saturated or nearly saturated with salt. ...

The current stabilisation plan involves removing millions of litres of brine from the four mines and replacing it with a mixture of pulverised fuel ash (PFA), cement and salt. The PFA arrives by rail; the cement and salt by road. The grout is mixed at Brunner Mond, Winnington from where it is pumped via a pipeline into the mines through a series of boreholes around the town. Pulverised Fuel Ash (shortened to PFA, also fly ash) can be a by product of a coal power station, an example of which is Aberthaw Power Station on the south-coast of Wales west of Cardiff near Barry in the Vale of Glamorgan. ... In the most general sense of the word, cement is a binder, a substance which sets and hardens independently, and can bind other materials together. ... Water borehole in northern Uganda A borehole is a deep and narrow shaft in the ground used for abstraction of fluid or gas reserves below the earths surface. ...

The removed brine is pumped in the opposite direction to Winnington and then taken by train to British Salt in Middlewich. Here the brine is put to use in many products such as water softeners and road de-icers. British Salt plant near the Trent and Mersey Canal in Middlewich, Cheshire British Salt Limited is a United Kingdom-based chemical company that produces pure white salt. ... Middlewich is historic market town in Cheshire, in the north west of England. ...

The project continues and is expected to finish in 2007.

Future

Following the stabilisation of the mines, Northwich is to be developed in line with the 'Vision for Northwich'.^[5] The vision, if completed, will see the old concrete County Council buildings and Magistrates Court demolished and replaced with more modern buildings.

New housing developments continue to appear around Northwich. A few years ago, the Drill Field, the world's oldest football ground was demolished to make way for more houses.

Demographics

Population of Northwich over the last 200 years has been:

• 1801: 1,338
• 1851: 1,377
• 1901: 17,611
• 1951: 17,489
• 2001: 19,259

The 2001 Census shows the population of Northwich to be 19,259. This was composed of 9,761 (50.3%) males and 9,498 (49.3%) females. There were 8,253 households^[6].

Economics

The workforce

Based on the 2001 Census, Northwich had 13,928 people aged between 16 and 74. Of these, 8,908 (64.0%) people were categorised as "economically active"; 4,268 (30.6%) were "economically inactive"; 455 (3.3%) were unemployed.^[7]

The chemical industry

ICI Winnington Works seen from the Anderton Boat Lift in 1992

Allied to the extraction of salt was a bulk chemical industry, which became concentrated at the three ICI sites at Winnington, Wallerscote and Lostock. The first industrially practical method for producing polythene was accidentally discovered at the Winnington works in 1933.^[8] Image File history File linksMetadata Size of this preview: 800 × 533 pixelsFull resolution (1939 × 1293 pixel, file size: 207 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) Photograph of Anderton Boat Lift with ICI Winnington Works in background. ... Image File history File linksMetadata Size of this preview: 800 × 533 pixelsFull resolution (1939 × 1293 pixel, file size: 207 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) Photograph of Anderton Boat Lift with ICI Winnington Works in background. ... Imperial Chemical Industries (ICI) is a British chemical group and one of the largest chemical producers in the world. ... Polyethylene or polyethene is one of the simplest and most inexpensive polymers. ...

Other industries

Other major local employers include:

• Frank Roberts & Sons Bakery has been associated with the town since 1887 and continues to be based near the town at Rudheath on the A556.
• Morrisons supermarket has a large distribution centre on the A530 south of the town.
• Orange and Barclays Bank both have contact centres at Gadbrook Park, off the A556 south of the town.

There are also major employers in nearby Hartford. Map of civil parish of Rudheath within borough of Vale Royal Rudheath is a village and civil parish in the county of Cheshire, in the north west of England, approximately 2 miles east of Northwich. ... This article does not cite its references or sources. ... The A530 road is a road linking the A525 east of Whitchurch in Cheshire, England with the A559 east of Northwich, also in Cheshire. ... This article or section does not adequately cite its references or sources. ... Barclays Bank headquarters One Churchill Place, Canary Wharf Barclays plc (LSE: BARC, NYSE: BCS, TYO: 8642 ) is the fourth largest bank in the United Kingdom. ... Hartford is a small town in Cheshire very close to the town of Northwich. ...

Twin Towns

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Education

Northwich and its surroundings has a number of schools and colleges. Some of these include:

• Mid Cheshire college, a further education college
• Sir John Deane's College, a sixth form college
• County High School Leftwich, a comprehensive school
• Rudheath community high School, a specialist performing arts college

Mid Cheshire College is a government funded further education college. ... Further education (often abbreviated FE) is post-secondary, post-compulsory education (in addition to that received at secondary school). ... It has been suggested that this article be split into multiple articles accessible from a disambiguation page. ... Sir John Deanes College is a sixth form college in Northwich, Cheshire, UK. It was formerly Sir John Deanes Grammar School, which was founded in 1557. ... England, Wales, Northern Ireland The sixth form, in the English, Welsh and Northern Irish education systems, is the term used to refer to the final two years of secondary schooling (when students are about sixteen to eighteen years of age), during which students normally prepare for their GCE A-level... The County High School Leftwich is an average sized Media Arts co-educational comprehensive school that educates approximately 1000 children between 11 and 16 years of age. ... Used as a noun, comprehensive may be short for: Comprehensive layout Comprehensive school Comprehensive System This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists pages that might otherwise share the same title. ...

Culture, media and sport

Culture

Theatre and cinema

Northwich is home to the Harlequin Theatre which produces six plays every year. Harlequin Theatre is a theatre in Northwich, Cheshire. ...

It is also home to the Purple Cactus Comedy Club which attracts quality acts from across the world with Paul Merton, and Ardal O'Hanlon rumoured to be appearing during 2007.

The Regal cinema was closed in 2007.

Music

Northwich has a rich musical history, with a number of locals being part of bands such as Placebo and the Fast Food Rockers. Most notable however are the Charlatans, who've had consistent chart success since 1990, and who formed in Northwich. The Weaverdale cafe in the town centre was used on the front of their 1999 singles compilation "Melting Pot" and Pickmere lake features on the cover of their 2004 album "Up At The Lake". This article or section does not cite any references or sources. ... The Fast Food Rockers are a British pop group. ... The Charlatans (known in the US as The Charlatans UK) are an English rock band. ... Alternate meaning: crucible (science) The melting pot is a metaphor for the way in which heterogenous societies develop, in which the ingredients in the pot (iron, tin; people of different backgrounds and religions, etc. ... Up at the Lake is an album by the British band The Charlatans (known in the United States as The Charlatans UK), released on May 17, 2004. ...

Over the August Bank Holiday Weekend Northwich Festival [1] is held at Moss Farm Sports Complex. Featuring 4 days of music and sport with the main attraction for the Monday being the UK Strongman-North Competition [2]. A Bank Holiday is a public holiday in the United Kingdom and also in the Republic of Ireland. ...

Literature

Northwich has its own fictional hero in the form of the ultimate ghost-hunter, James Boag-Munroe. The creation is the work of local Horror author Stuart Neild. The first novel, titled A Haunted Man, features Boag-Munroe's adventures in the haunted salt mines that run underneath Northwich, combining fact with supernatural fiction. More novels are on the way featuring Northwich and other North West locations as the backdrops to the novels. A Hollywood film and television series is also in development based on the books^[9]. Stuart Neild (born 1970) is an English supernatural and horror author. ... North West England is one of the nine regions of England. ... ...

Sport

Northwich is the home of two non-league football teams, Northwich Victoria and Witton Albion. The town has two rugby union sides Northwich RUFC and Winnington Park, with Winnington Park also fielding a rugby league side. Northwich Victoria F.C. are an English football team based in Wincham, Northwich, Cheshire. ... Categories: Possible copyright violations ... Formed in 1965 as Mid Cheshire College, changing to Northwich RUFC in cica 1995. ... Winnington Park Rugby League are a rugby league club who have played in the Rugby League Conference (RLC) since 2006. ...

The Thundersprint motorcycling event is held every May Bank Holiday in Northwich. This event attracts over 130,000 people over the two days, and claims to be the world's biggest street bike party. Thundersprint is a motorcycle rally held in May annually. ... // For the music composition Bank Holiday, see Albert Ketèlbey. ...

Successful long-distance runner, Paula Radcliffe, also hails from nearby Davenham.

Media

Northwich has two local newspapers, which are the Northwich Guardian, published by Newsquest, and the Northwich Chronicle, published by Trinity Mirror. A radio station, Cheshire FM, is planned for 2007 which will cover the mid-Cheshire area including Northwich. Newsquest is the second largest publisher of regional or local newspapers in the United Kingdom. ... Trinity Mirror is a large United Kingdom newspaper and magazine publisher. ... A radio station is an audio (sound) broadcasting service, traditionally broadcast through the air as radio waves (a form of electromagnetic radiation) from a transmitter to an antenna and a thus to a receiving device. ... Cheshire FM is a radio station serving the towns of Northwich, Middlewich and Winsford in the English county of Cheshire, due to launch in Autumn 2006. ...

Transport

The key historical mode of transport is water. Not only are there the two rivers, but also the Trent and Mersey Canal passes the town. The Anderton Boat Lift acts as the connector of the canal and river systems and, following a successful restoration project, now houses a successful visitor centre. The Trent and Mersey Canal is a canal linking the River Trent at Shardlow in Derbyshire to the River Mersey at Runcorn in Cheshire. ...

The A556 acts as a bypass to the town to the south and provides access to the M6 motorway at Junction 19. Northwich is also signposted from the M56 motorway to the north of the town via the A559. Looking west at Heyesmere towards Chester. ... This article concerns the M6 motorway in England. ... The M56 motorway, also known as the North Cheshire motorway, is a major road in England. ... The numbering zones for A-roads in Great Britain List of A roads beginning with 5 in Great Britain starting north/east of the A5, west of the A6, south of the Solway Firth/Eden Estuary. ...

Northwich railway station is on the Mid-Cheshire line between Chester to Manchester. There are also stations within close vicinity at Greenbank, also on the Mid-Cheshire line, and Hartford (on the West Coast Main Line). Northwich railway station Serves the town of Northwich in Cheshire, England. ... The Mid-Cheshire Line is a railway line in the north-west of England, between Chester and Manchester Piccadilly. ... For the larger local government district, see City of Chester. ... This page is about the City of Manchester in England. ... Greenbank railway station Serves the village of Greenbank in Northwich in Cheshire. ... Hartford railway station is near Northwich in Cheshire However Greenbank railway station is nereby on the Mid-Cheshire Line from Chester to Manchester. ... The WCML running alongside the M1 motorway at Watford Gap in Northamptonshire A Virgin Pendolino and freight train on the WCML The West Coast Main Line (WCML) is one of the most important intercity railway lines in the United Kingdom, part of the British railway system. ...

Bus routes as at January 2007 are:

Landmarks

Churches

St. Helen Witton Church, Northwich, Cheshire

The parish church is known as St. Helen's Witton. The church initially developed as a Chapel of Ease associated with the parish of Great Budworth to serve the local community, known as the Chapel of Witton. There is no known date for the creation of this chapel, but it is thought to have existed in the 13th century. None of this building exists in the current church. There is no documentary evidence to indicate the dates of the older parts of the current building. However stones in the fabric of the porch carry inscriptions attributed to "Ricardus Alkoke Capellanus". This name matches documents concerning land in Northwich and Lostock Gralam dated 1468, but this cannot be used to date the church accurately.^[10] Image File history File linksMetadata No higher resolution available. ... Image File history File linksMetadata No higher resolution available. ... Great Budworth is a village in the county of Cheshire, in the north west of England, north of Northwich. ... Map of civil parish of Lostock Gralam within borough of Vale Royal Lostock Gralam is a village and civil parish in the county of Cheshire, in the north west of England, east of Northwich. ...

It was not until 7th August 1900 that the parish of Witton (otherwise Northwich) was formed from parts of Great Budworth, Davenham and other surrounding parishes. Great Budworth is a village in the county of Cheshire, in the north west of England, north of Northwich. ... Davenham (pronounced Dayvnum) is a rural village in Cheshire. ...

The present St Wilfrid's (Roman Catholic) church was built in 1866.

Workhouse and salt museum

Main article: Salt Museum, Northwich

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Dock Road Edwardian pumping station

The Dock Road Edwardian Pumping Station is a Grade II Listed Building originally built by Northwich Urban District Council in 1913. For over sixty years it was used for pumping sewage from parts of Northwich to the Wallerscote Treatment Works. Before it was built, untreated sewage was discharged directly into the River Weaver, causing widespread pollution. Pumping station Van Sasse in Grave, the Netherlands Pumping station Van Sasse in Grave, the Netherlands Pumping stations are facilities including pumps and equipment for pumping fluids from one place to another. ... Buckingham Palace, a Grade I listed building. ...

The station was equipped with two single-cylinder Crossley gas-fired engines and two Haywood Tyler triplex lift and force pumps, capable of pumping 9,600 gallons per hour. In later years, electric pumps, capable of pumping 36,000 gallons per hour replaced these but the originals have been restored.

The current owners are United Utilities (previously North West Water). The station is open to the public^[11]. United Utilities is a British utility company with its headquarters in Warrington which operates mainly in the North West of England. ... North West Water was a water supply company serving north west England. ...

Other Structures

Town Bridge, Northwich, Cheshire

Two swing bridges, Hayhurst Bridge (built in 1898) and Town Bridge (built in 1899), cross the Weaver at Northwich. The bridges were the first two electrically-powered swing bridges in the world and were built on floating pontoons to counteract the mine subsidence. They were designed by Colonel John Saner. Image File history File linksMetadata No higher resolution available. ... Image File history File linksMetadata No higher resolution available. ... A swing bridge is a bridge that has as its primary structural support a vertical locating pin and support ring at or near to its center, about which it can then pivot horizontally as shown in the animated illustration below. ... A pontoon boat, like this small pleasure boat, typically floats and balances by means of two pontoons oriented in the direction of travel. ...

A floating hotel is moored near the confluence of the two rivers.

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Notable Northwichians

All of the following allegedly either are from or lived in Northwich at some point in their lives:

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See also

Cheshire Portal

• Northwich category
• Salt in Cheshire
• Brunner Mond

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External links

• Vale Royal District Council
• Brunner Mond
• Northwich Town Council
• Northwich Vision
• The Salt Museum
• Grade I and II listed buildings in Northwich

References

1. ^ Census, 2001
2. ^ Crossley, Fred H. - Cheshire, 1949
3. ^ History. Northwich Community Woodlands. Retrieved on 2006-12-05.
4. ^ £28 million funding approved for Northwich salt mines. English Partnerships website. Retrieved on 2006-12-05.
5. ^ Welcome to Northwich Vision Website. Retrieved on 2006-12-05.
6. ^ Parish Headcounts: Northwich CP. National Statistics website. Retrieved on 2006-12-05.
7. ^ Parish Profile - Work and Qualifications: Northwich CP. National Statistics website. Retrieved on 2007-01-09.
8. ^ Winnington history in the making. This is Cheshire. Retrieved on 2006-12-05.
9. ^ Once upon a time in the Midlands. Where I live Stoke and Staffordshire. Retrieved on 2006-12-05.
10. ^ Harries, Michael & Lynch, Colin - An Illustrated History of Northwich Parish & Church, 1981, ISBN 0-9507-6480-9
11. ^ Dock Road Edwardian Pumping Station. Pauline Roscoe & Associates. Retrieved on 2007-02-20.
12. ^ Beatles' Tribute to 'Father McKenzie'. Northwich Guardian. Retrieved on 2007-01-15.

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