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Local Information for Middlewich

Middlewich is a town in Cheshire, England and lies on the confluence of a number of natural and man made features, the River Dane, River Croco and River Wheelock, the Shropshire Union Canal and Trent and Mersey Canal and the A533, A54 and A530. It is an important location for salt manufacture, and has also been known for Cheshire cheese. The parish church for Middlewich is St Michael and All Angels Church, which dates back to the 12th century.

The town was founded by the Romans as Salinae on account of the salt deposits around it, as it was one of their major sites of salt production. A Roman Road, King Street (originally Kind Street, hence Kinderton, one of the Middlewich wards) runs between Middlewich and nearby Northwich.

The 19th century saw the population fo Middlewich rise from 1190 in 1801, 1235 in 1851, until by the 1901 census it was 4669. Some of this rise is attributable to a number of parishes being combined, for example parts of [Newton] were added to Mi...More