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Middlewich salt town canal wharves

Riverbank Documented sitePermission required

What you could find

Reported finds from this ground.

Old bottlesOld bottles
Sea potterySea pottery
Nails and fittingsNails and fittings

Also reported: clay pipes.

Photos via Wikimedia Commons: Sheila Sund (CC BY 2.0), NPS (Public domain), North Lincolnshire Museum, Martin Foreman, (CC BY 2.0).

Why this spot

1875 historic-map era

Ancient Cheshire salt town where open-pan works lined the Trent and Mersey and Shropshire Union branches from the 1770s; wharf land and flash margins hold pan scale, brine-works debris and town refuse.

Keep exploring nearby

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