Nantwich
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Nantwich ( ) is a market town and civil parish in the unitary authority of Cheshire East in Cheshire, England. It has among the highest concentrations of listed buildings in England, with notably good examples of Tudor and Georgian architecture. At the 2021 census, the parish had a population of 14,045 and the built up area had a population of 18,740.
Key facts
- UK place.country
- England
- UK place.static_image_name
- Nantwich - view down Welsh Row.JPG
- UK place.static_image_caption
- Welsh Row, Nantwich, with the tower of St Mary's Church and shops
- UK place.official_name
- Nantwich
- UK place.type
- Town
- UK place.population_ref
- 14,045 (Parish, 2021)
- UK place.civil_parish
- Nantwich
- UK place.unitary_england
- Cheshire East
- UK place.lieutenancy_england
- Cheshire
- UK place.region
- North West England
- UK place.constituency_westminster
- Crewe and Nantwich
- UK place.post_town
- NANTWICH
- UK place.postcode_district
- CW5
- UK place.postcode_area
- CW
- UK place.dial_code
- 01270
- UK place.os_grid_reference
- SJ652523
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- Nantwich Mill
- Brine baths
- Governance
- Administrative history
- Places of interest
- Geography
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- Education
- Sport
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- Events
- Cheese awards
- Jazz and blues
- Food festival
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- References
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Nantwich ( ) is a market town and civil parish in the unitary authority of Cheshire East in Cheshire, England. It has among the highest concentrations of listed buildings in England, with notably good examples of Tudor and Georgian architecture. At the 2021 census, the parish had a population of 14,045 and the built up area had a population of 18,740.
==History== The origins of the settlement date to Roman times, when salt from Nantwich was used by the Roman garrisons at Chester (Deva Victrix) and Stoke-on-Trent as a preservative and a condiment. Salt has been used in the production of Cheshire cheese and in the tanning industry, both products of the dairy industry based in the Cheshire Plain around the town. Nant comes from the Welsh for brook or stream. Wich and wych are names used to denote brine springs or wells. In 1194 there is a reference to the town as being called Nametwihc, which would indicate it was once the site of a pre-Roman Celtic nemeton or sacred grove.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Nantwich” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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