The History of the Town Nantwich - Cheshire

Nantwich - Cheshire is a relatively small, but historicalThe salt from the region is still used today in a wide
town located in the North west region of England,variety of different industries, these include the tanning
United Kingdom. Like a large number of towns in thisindustry, and the dairy industry. The County and the
county, such as neighboring Sandbach, Nantwich is antown are both famous for the production of Cheshire
original market town. It is a town where people in oldencheese, a fine cheese produced only by English
times would come to buy, and sell their wears, such ascheese makers.
cattle, and fruit and vegetables. According to the latestFor such a small town there are a lot of good quality
census, that was carried out in 2001 the population ofrestaurants and old English style pubs to visit. The
Nantwich is 12,515, so even in British terms it has aeclectic variety of food on offer is quite astounding for
fairly small population.a town so small. Many of the drinking establishments
Many towns in Cheshire, like Nantwich have smallstill hold their traditional Tudor frontage, and the odd
populations, and yet have a huge amount of historyone still maintains some of the interior too. This makes
behind them. Many buildings within this location arethem extremely popular with tourists, and with the
extremely old, some even dating back to the Romanlocals too.
times when the town was first formed.Nantwich - Cheshire holds a great deal of history, and
In these olden times the salt produce that Nantwichwith that a great deal of character too. It along with
had, was used by the Roman`s who were based inmany other towns in the area are locations were old
the nearby garrisons of Chester, which liesbattles were fought, as early as the 16th century.
approximately 15 miles from the village. This madeThese facts, and charm the place has, make it a
Nantwich relatively easily accessible for the Romans.delightful place to visit, or to dwell.