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Northwich (inhabited place) |
Coordinates: |
| Lat: 53 16 00 N degrees minutes |
Lat: 53.2667 decimal degrees |
| Long: 002 30 00 W degrees minutes |
Long: -2.5000 decimal degrees |
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Note: Site of a Roman settlement on the Roman road of Watling Street; occupation began in the Flavian period (1st century CE) with a fort and continued into the Antonine period. Town that has been producing salt since the Middle Ages; damaged by subsidence from salt mining; a medieval motte and bailey on Castle Hill. |
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| Northwich (preferred,C,V,English,U)
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| Northwick (NA,V,English,U)
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| Condate (H,O)
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............ | Roman |
| Norwich (H,V,Anglo-Saxon,U,N)
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............ | recorded in the Domesday Book in 1086 |
| Wich (H,V,Anglo-Saxon,U,N)
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............ | recorded in the Domesday Book in 1086 |
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Northwich (inhabited place) (P) |
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