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{{Infobox UK place , static_image_name = Northwich - Town Bridge.jpg , static_image_caption = Town Bridge, the
River Weaver The River Weaver is a river, navigable in its lower reaches, running in a curving route anti-clockwise across west Cheshire, northern England. Improvements to the river to make it navigable were authorised in 1720 and the work, which included ...
and the spire of Holy Trinity Church , official_name = Northwich , country = England , region = North West England , population = 50,531 , population_ref = (
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){{NOMIS2021 , id=E35001305 Overview Profile: Northwich Town Council"; downloaded fro
.gov.uk/find_out_more/datasets_and_statistics/statistics/census_2011/population_profiles Cheshire West and Chester: Population Profiles
16 May 2019
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Weaver Vale Weaver Vale is a constituency in Cheshire represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 2017 by Mike Amesbury, a member of the Labour Party. Constituency profile The constituency takes its name from the River Weaver, which fl ...
, constituency_westminster1 = Tatton , civil_parish = Northwich , unitary_england =
Cheshire West and Chester Cheshire West and Chester is a unitary authority with borough status in the ceremonial county of Cheshire, England. It was established on 1 April 2009 as part of the 2009 local government changes, by virtue of an order under the Local Gover ...
, lieutenancy_england =
Cheshire Cheshire ( ) is a ceremonial and historic county in North West England, bordered by Wales to the west, Merseyside and Greater Manchester to the north, Derbyshire to the east, and Staffordshire and Shropshire to the south. Cheshire's county tow ...
, website = {{URL, www.northwichtowncouncil.gov.uk Northwich is a town and
civil parish In England, a civil parish is a type of administrative parish used for local government. It is a territorial designation which is the lowest tier of local government below districts and counties, or their combined form, the unitary authorit ...
in the unitary authority of
Cheshire West and Chester Cheshire West and Chester is a unitary authority with borough status in the ceremonial county of Cheshire, England. It was established on 1 April 2009 as part of the 2009 local government changes, by virtue of an order under the Local Gover ...
in the ceremonial county of
Cheshire Cheshire ( ) is a ceremonial and historic county in North West England, bordered by Wales to the west, Merseyside and Greater Manchester to the north, Derbyshire to the east, and Staffordshire and Shropshire to the south. Cheshire's county tow ...
,
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. It lies in the heart of the
Cheshire Plain The Cheshire Plain is a relatively flat expanse of lowland within the county of Cheshire in North West England but extending south into Shropshire. It extends from the Mersey Valley in the north to the Shropshire Hills in the south, bounded b ...
, at the confluence of the rivers Weaver and Dane. The town is about {{convert, 18, mi east of
Chester Chester is a cathedral city and the county town of Cheshire, England. It is located on the River Dee, close to the English–Welsh border. With a population of 79,645 in 2011,"2011 Census results: People and Population Profile: Chester Loca ...
, {{convert, 15, mi south of
Warrington Warrington () is a town and unparished area in the borough of the same name in the ceremonial county of Cheshire, England, on the banks of the River Mersey. It is east of Liverpool, and west of Manchester. The population in 2019 was estimat ...
, {{convert, 19, mi south of
Manchester Manchester () is a city in Greater Manchester, England. It had a population of 552,000 in 2021. It is bordered by the Cheshire Plain to the south, the Pennines to the north and east, and the neighbouring city of Salford to the west. The ...
and {{convert, 12, mi south of
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. The population of the civil parish was 20,924 in 2021"2021 Census results: Overview Profile: Northwich Town Council"; downloaded fro
.gov.uk/find_out_more/datasets_and_statistics/statistics/census_2011/population_profiles Cheshire West and Chester: Population Profiles
16 May 2019
and the wider built-up area (which also covers parts of several other civil parishes) was 50,531. Northwich was named as one of the best places to live in the United Kingdom by ''
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'' in 2014.{{cite web, last=Bebbington , first=Gina , title=Northwich is one of the best places to live in the UK – again , work=Northwich Guardian , url=http://www.northwichguardian.co.uk/news/11082889.Northwich_is_one_of_the_best_places_to_live_in_the_UK___again/?ref=var_0 , access-date=19 March 2014 , url-status=dead , archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140319145713/http://www.northwichguardian.co.uk/news/11082889.Northwich_is_one_of_the_best_places_to_live_in_the_UK___again/?ref=var_0 , archive-date=19 March 2014 The area around Northwich has been exploited for its salt pans since Roman times, when the settlement was known as Condate. The town has been severely affected by salt mining, and
subsidence Subsidence is a general term for downward vertical movement of the Earth's surface, which can be caused by both natural processes and human activities. Subsidence involves little or no horizontal movement, which distinguishes it from slope mov ...
has historically been a significant problem. Mine stabilisation work was completed in 2007.


History

{{Main, History of Northwich


Early history

During Roman times, Northwich was known as Condate, thought to be a Latinisation of a
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meaning "Confluence". There are several other sites of the same name, mostly in
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; in Northwich's case, it lies at the junction of the rivers Dane and Weaver.{{cite web , last1=Shaw , first1=Mike , last2=Clark , first2=Jo , title=Cheshire Historic Towns Survey: Northwich: Archaeological Assessment , work= Cheshire County Council , url=http://www.cheshire.gov.uk/NR/rdonlyres/F5A1E18E-ADD8-4B95-8575-EFD628BBD1A2/0/HTS_Arch_Assess_Northwich.pdf , archive-url=https://www.webarchive.org.uk/wayback/archive/20090318233703/http://www.cheshire.gov.uk/NR/rdonlyres/F5A1E18E-ADD8-4B95-8575-EFD628BBD1A2/0/HTS_Arch_Assess_Northwich.pdf , url-status=dead , archive-date=18 March 2009 , access-date=1 May 2008 Northwich can be identified through two contemporary Roman documents. The first of these is the
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, a 3rd-century road map split into 14 sections. Two of these sections, or Itinerary, mention Condate: Route II ("the route from the
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to the port of Rutupiae") and Route X ("the route from Glannoventa to
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").{{cite web , url=http://www.roman-britain.co.uk/places/condate/, work=Roman-Britain.co.uk website , title=Condate The second document is the 7th-century '' Ravenna Cosmography''. This document refers to Condate between the entries for Salinae (now
Middlewich Middlewich is a town in the unitary authority of Cheshire East and the ceremonial county of Cheshire, England, east of Chester, east of Winsford, southeast of Northwich and northwest of Sandbach. The population at the 2011 Census was 13,595 ...
, Cheshire) and Ratae (now
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,
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), at the time the capital of the
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. The Romans' interest in the Northwich area is thought to be due to the strategic river crossing and the location of the salt brines. Salt was very important in Roman society; the Roman word ''salarium'', linked employment, salt and soldiers, but the exact link is unclear. It is also theorised that this is the basis for the modern word ''
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''. Another theory is that the word ''soldier'' itself comes from the Latin ''sal dare'' (to give salt). ''See
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for further details''. There is archaeological evidence of a Roman auxiliary fort within the area of Northwich now known as "Castle" dated to AD 70. This and other northwestern forts were built as the Romans moved north from their stronghold in Chester. The association with salt continues in the
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of Northwich. The "wich" (or wych) suffix applies to other towns in the area: Middlewich,
Nantwich 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. ...
and Leftwich. This is considered to have been derived from the Norse, ''wic'', for bay, and is associated with the more traditional method of obtaining salt by evaporating sea water. Therefore, a place for making salt became a wych-house; Northwich was the most northern of the
-wich town A "-''wich'' town" is a settlement in Anglo-Saxon England characterised by extensive artisanal activity and tradean " emporium". The name is derived from the Anglo-Saxon suffix , signifying "a dwelling or fortified place". Such settlements were u ...
s in Cheshire.


Medieval to early modern

The existence of Northwich in the early medieval period is shown by its record in the
Domesday Book Domesday Book () – the Middle English spelling of "Doomsday Book" – is a manuscript record of the "Great Survey" of much of England and parts of Wales completed in 1086 by order of King William I, known as William the Conqueror. The manusc ...
: {{quote, In the same Mildestuic hundred there was a third wich called Norwich orthwichand it was at farm for £8.
There were the same laws and customs there as there were in the other wiches and the king and the earl similarly divided the renders.
... All the other customs in these wiches are the same.
This was waste when (Earl) Hugh received it; it is now worth 35s., Henry Ellis, '' A General Introduction to Domesday Book'' The manor of Northwich belonged to the Earls of Chester until 1237 when the family line died out. Subsequently, Northwich became a royal manor and was given to a noble family to collect tolls in exchange for a set rent. The Cheshire archers were a body of elite soldiers noted for their skills with the longbow that fought in many engagements in Britain and France in the Middle Ages, Battles at which there were sizeable numbers of Cheshire archers include Agincourt and Crecy, many of these archers hailed from the Northwich Hundred.
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employed a bodyguard of these yeoman archers who came from the Macclesfield Hundred and the forest districts of Cheshire. That salt production continued throughout the centuries and can be seen through John Leland's description of the town in 1540: {{quote, Northwich is a pratie market town but fowle,
and by the Salters houses be great stakes of smaul cloven wood,
to seethe the salt water that thei make white salt of., cited in Fred H. Crossley, ''Cheshire'' Between 1642 and 1643, during the
English Civil War The English Civil War (1642–1651) was a series of civil wars and political machinations between Parliamentarians (" Roundheads") and Royalists led by Charles I (" Cavaliers"), mainly over the manner of England's governance and issues of r ...
, Northwich was fortified and garrisoned by Sir William Brereton for the Parliamentarians. The salt beds beneath Northwich were re-discovered in the 1670s by employees of the local Smith-Barry family.{{cite web , title=History of the Northwich Woodlands , work=Northwich Community Woodlands website , url=http://www.northwichwoodlands.org.uk/about/history.shtml , access-date=4 September 2008 , archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090106210026/http://www.northwichwoodlands.org.uk/about/history.shtml , archive-date=6 January 2009 , url-status=dead , df=dmy-all The Smith-Barrys were looking for coal, but instead discovered rock salt, in the grounds of the family home, Marbury Hall, to the north of Northwich.


19th century

During the 19th century it became uneconomical to mine for the salt. Instead hot water was pumped through the mines, which dissolved the salt. The resultant brine was pumped out and the salt extracted from the brine. This technique weakened the mines and led to land
subsidence Subsidence is a general term for downward vertical movement of the Earth's surface, which can be caused by both natural processes and human activities. Subsidence involves little or no horizontal movement, which distinguishes it from slope mov ...
as they collapsed. Subsidence affected the town and the surrounding landscape. For example, collapses in 1880 formed Witton Flash as the River Weaver flowed into a huge hole caused by subsidence. Subsidence also allegedly accounts for many old
timber-framed Timber framing (german: Holzfachwerk) and "post-and-beam" construction are traditional methods of building with heavy timbers, creating structures using squared-off and carefully fitted and joined timbers with joints secured by large woode ...
houses in the town centre, which were better able to withstand the movement of the ground. Some houses were built on a base of steel girders that could be jacked up to level the house with each change in the underlying ground. The town's historical link with the salt industry is celebrated in its
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, which is today in the old
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. In 1874,
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and Ludwig Mond founded
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in Winnington and started manufacturing
soda ash Sodium carbonate, , (also known as washing soda, soda ash and soda crystals) is the inorganic compound with the formula Na2CO3 and its various hydrates. All forms are white, odourless, water-soluble salts that yield moderately alkaline solutions ...
using the
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ammonia-soda process. This process used salt as a main raw material. The chemical industry used the subsided land for the disposal of waste from the manufacture of soda-ash. The waste was transported through a network of cranes and rails to the produce ''limebeds''. This was a dangerous alkaline substance and caused the landscape to be abandoned as unusable.


Modern development

In 1975
Marbury Country Park 250px, Lime tree avenue in park Marbury Country Park is a country park in Cheshire, England. It lies in the heart of Northwich Community Woodlands, an integral part of the Mersey Forest. Former industrial land is gradually being transformed to ...
was the first area to be reclaimed from dereliction and has become a popular recreational area. In 1987 more land was reclaimed to form Furey Wood and over later years,
Cheshire County Council Cheshire County Council was the county council of Cheshire. Founded on 1 April 1889, it was officially dissolved on 31 March 2009, when it and its districts were superseded by two unitary authorities; Cheshire West and Chester and Cheshire East. ...
's Land Regeneration Unit reclaimed what is now known as Anderton Nature Park, Witton Flash, Dairy House Meadows, Witton Mill Meadows, and Ashton's and Neumann's Flashes. The area now extends to approximately {{convert, 323, ha, order=flip of public space known as
Northwich Community Woodlands Northwich Woodlands (formerly Northwich Community Woodlands) is an area of 373 hectares of publicly accessible countryside near Northwich in Cheshire, England. It comprises nine separate woods, country parks, lakes and parks, many of which are c ...
. In February 2004 a £28 million programme to stabilise the abandoned salt mines underneath Northwich was begun.{{cite web , title=£28 million funding approved for Northwich salt mines , work=English Partnerships website , url=http://www.englishpartnerships.co.uk/page.aspx?pointerID=11750EEGsFUgTbd7hmO1FbHCnFxrdyY2 , access-date=5 December 2006 , url-status=dead , archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070609234356/http://www.englishpartnerships.co.uk/page.aspx?pointerid=11750EEGsFUgTbd7hmO1FbHCnFxrdyY2 , archive-date=9 June 2007 The work was funded by the English Partnerships through its Land Stabilisation Programme, introduced to resolve issues associated with unstable mines around England. The four mines identified for work were Baron's Quay, Witton Bank, Neumann's and Penny's Lane. These mines were chosen because their subsidence was causing problems for the town centre. The stabilisation plan involved removing millions of litres of brine from the four mines and replacing it with a mixture of
pulverised fuel ash Fly ash, flue ash, coal ash, or pulverised fuel ash (in the UK) plurale tantum: coal combustion residuals (CCRs)is a coal combustion product that is composed of the particulates (fine particles of burned fuel) that are driven out of coal-fired ...
(PFA),
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and salt. The project was completed in late 2007. The old Magistrates Court and Memorial Hall have been demolished and been replaced by Memorial Court, a £12.5 million cultural and leisure centre, which offers a pool, dance studios and a gym. The £80 million Barons Quay Development, a retail and leisure complex will see the creation of more than {{convert, 300,000, sqft of shopping space, together with a new
Asda Asda Stores Ltd. () (often styled as ASDA) is a British supermarket chain. It is headquartered in Leeds, England. The company was founded in 1949 when the Asquith family merged their retail business with the Associated Dairies company of Yorks ...
superstore with a petrol filling station, M&S Simply Food store, Odeon cinema, H&M, The Entertainer toy store, Sports Direct, restaurants, cafés, new public spaces and parking. Construction started in late 2014. The cinema opened in December 2016.{{cite web , url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-manchester-38329619 , title=Barons Quay: Northwich cinema opens in £80m regeneration scheme , author=Phil McCann , publisher=BBC , date=15 December 2016 , access-date=16 December 2016 A major fire occurred at the Northwich Outdoor Market on 3 January 2020. The Market's remains were quickly demolished and so far there are no plans to rebuild it.


Governance

At the time of the
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(1086) Northwich was in the
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of Middlewich, but by the 14th century it had become part of the Northwich hundred. This probably happened during the reorganisation of the Hundreds in the 12th century. Northwich has been described as a borough from around 1288, though there is no surviving borough charter. Northwich originally constituted an area of only {{convert, 13, acre, m2 at the confluence of the Rivers Weaver and Dane. The much larger township of
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lay to the east, Leftwich to the south, Castle Northwich to the south-west, and
Winnington Winnington is a small, mainly residential area of the town of Northwich in Cheshire, England. Industry Winnington is the home to Brunner Mond UK chemical works, where soda ash is created. Polythene, the material used in many plastic items (e.g ...
to the north-west.''Kelly's Directory of Cheshire'' (1896), p.409 The manor of Northwich was granted to the Stanley family, later
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in 1484, and stayed in the family's hands until the late 18th century. A local board was founded on 26 June 1863 after the
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and it purchased the manor from Arthur Heywood Esq. in 1871. In 1875, the local boards for Northwich and Witton cum Twambrooks were amalgamated, and the resultant district was further extended in 1880 to include the whole of Castle Northwich and parts of
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, Winnington and Leftwich. On 10 September 1894 these areas were united as the
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of Northwich, served by Northwich Urban District Council. The town was further enlarged in 1936 by the addition of parts of Winnington, Lostock Gralam, Barnton, Leftwich and
Rudheath Rudheath is a village and civil parish in the unitary authority of Cheshire West and Chester and the ceremonial county of Cheshire, in the north west of England, approximately 2 miles east of Northwich. The population of the civil parish as tak ...
, and again in 1955 when parts of
Davenham Davenham (pronounced Dave-n-ham) is a rural village and civil parish approximately south of the town of Northwich, part of the Borough of Cheshire West and Chester and the ceremonial county of Cheshire in England. It has a population of 5,655 ...
, Hartford, Rudheath and Whatcroft were added. The
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replaced the Urban District Council of Northwich with a new district (later borough) council:
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. Vale Royal covered areas previously covered by Northwich UDC (Urban District Council), Northwich RDC (Rural District Council), Winsford UDC and parts of Runcorn RDC. Northwich Town Council now has the powers of a parish council and is now made up of five main districts of Leftwich, Northwich, Castle, Winnington and Witton. In 2018 Northwich Town Council won 'Council of the Year' at the NALC Star Council Awards. The current Town Clerk of Northwich Town Council is Chris Shaw. Vale Royal Borough Council was abolished on 1 April 2009, and Northwich now falls within the new unitary authority of
Cheshire West and Chester Cheshire West and Chester is a unitary authority with borough status in the ceremonial county of Cheshire, England. It was established on 1 April 2009 as part of the 2009 local government changes, by virtue of an order under the Local Gover ...
. Between 1885 and 1983 Northwich gave its name to a
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. Northwich was also split between the Tatton and Eddisbury constituencies until the formation of
Weaver Vale Weaver Vale is a constituency in Cheshire represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 2017 by Mike Amesbury, a member of the Labour Party. Constituency profile The constituency takes its name from the River Weaver, which fl ...
for the 1997 general election. The seat is currently held by
Mike Amesbury Michael Lee Amesbury (born 7 May 1969) is a British politician serving as Member of Parliament (MP) for Weaver Vale since 2017. A member of the Labour Party, he was Shadow Minister for Local Government until 2022. He previously served as Shadow ...
(Labour). The town coat of arms features the
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''"Sal est Vita"'' meaning ''"Salt is Life"'', which can be seen on the town's crest of arms. The town is twinned with Dole in France.


Geography

Northwich is situated in the Cheshire Plain at coordinates h{{coord, 53, 15, 20, N, 2, 31, 20, W, type:city (53.255, −2.522). The town is between {{convert, 15, and, 35, m, ft, 0 above mean sea level. Northwich is surrounded by the following
civil parishes In England, a civil parish is a type of administrative parish used for local government. It is a territorial designation which is the lowest tier of local government below districts and counties, or their combined form, the unitary authority. ...
, starting due north and proceeding in a clockwise direction:
Anderton with Marbury Anderton with Marbury is a civil parish in the unitary authority of Cheshire West and Chester and the ceremonial county of Cheshire, England. It had a population of 582 according to the 2001 census, reducing slightly to 571 at the 2011 Census, an ...
, Marston,
Wincham 200px, Map of civil parish of Wincham in the former borough of Vale Royal Wincham is a civil parish and village in the unitary authority of Cheshire West and Chester and the ceremonial county of Cheshire, England. It is about three miles north ...
, Lostock Gralam,
Rudheath Rudheath is a village and civil parish in the unitary authority of Cheshire West and Chester and the ceremonial county of Cheshire, in the north west of England, approximately 2 miles east of Northwich. The population of the civil parish as tak ...
,
Davenham Davenham (pronounced Dave-n-ham) is a rural village and civil parish approximately south of the town of Northwich, part of the Borough of Cheshire West and Chester and the ceremonial county of Cheshire in England. It has a population of 5,655 ...
,
Hartford Hartford is the capital city of the U.S. state of Connecticut. It was the seat of Hartford County until Connecticut disbanded county government in 1960. It is the core city in the Greater Hartford metropolitan area. Census estimates since t ...
,
Weaverham Weaverham is a village and civil parish in the Borough of Cheshire West and Chester and the ceremonial county of Cheshire in England. Just off the A49, it is just to the west of Northwich and south of the River Weaver, and has a population of ...
, Barnton. Two rivers meet in the town centre, the Weaver and the Dane. The town is surrounded by undulating
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. Subsidence and the collapse of underground saltworks has created flashes and there are also local meres – for example, to the north is Budworth Mere and to the north-east is Pick Mere. {{clear {{Northwich weatherbox


Demographics

The population of Northwich in 1664 has been estimated as 560. The population of Northwich over the last 200 years has been: {, class="wikitable" style="font-size:90%;width:70%;border:0px;text-align:center;line-height:120%; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; border: none;" ! colspan="22" style="text-align:center;font-size:90%;", Population of Northwich since 1801 , - ! style="background: #99CCCC; color: #000080" height="17" , Year ! style="background: #FFFFFF; color:#000080;" , 1801 ! style="background: #FFFFFF; color:#000080;" , 1811 ! style="background: #FFFFFF; color:#000080;" , 1821 ! style="background: #FFFFFF; color:#000080;" , 1831 ! style="background: #FFFFFF; color:#000080;" , 1841 ! style="background: #FFFFFF; color:#000080;" , 1851 ! style="background: #FFFFFF; color:#000080;" , 1861 ! style="background: #FFFFFF; color:#000080;" , 1871 ! style="background: #FFFFFF; color:#000080;" , 1881 ! style="background: #FFFFFF; color:#000080;" , 1891 ! style="background: #FFFFFF; color:#000080;" , 1901 ! style="background: #FFFFFF; color:#000080;" , 1911 ! style="background: #FFFFFF; color:#000080;" , 1921 ! style="background: #FFFFFF; color:#000080;" , 1931 ! style="background: #FFFFFF; color:#000080;" , 1951 ! style="background: #FFFFFF; color:#000080;" , 1961 ! style="background: #FFFFFF; color:#000080;" , 1971 ! style="background: #FFFFFF; color:#000080;" , 1981 ! style="background: #FFFFFF; color:#000080;" , 1991 ! style="background: #FFFFFF; color:#000080;" , 2001 ! style="background: #FFFFFF; color:#000080;" , 2011 , - Align="center" ! style="background: #99CCCC; color: #000080" height="17" , Population , style="background: #FFFFFF; color: black;" , 1,338 , style="background: #FFFFFF; color: black;" , 1,382 , style="background: #FFFFFF; color: black;" , 1,490 , style="background: #FFFFFF; color: black;" , 1,481 , style="background: #FFFFFF; color: black;" , 1,368 , style="background: #FFFFFF; color: black;" , 1,377 , style="background: #FFFFFF; color: black;" , 1,190 , style="background: #FFFFFF; color: black;" , 1,244 , style="background: #FFFFFF; color: black;" , 12,256 , style="background: #FFFFFF; color: black;" , 14,914 , style="background: #FFFFFF; color: black;" , 17,611 , style="background: #FFFFFF; color: black;" , 18,151 , style="background: #FFFFFF; color: black;" , 18,381 , style="background: #FFFFFF; color: black;" , 18,732 , style="background: #FFFFFF; color: black;" , 17,489 , style="background: #FFFFFF; color: black;" , 19,592 , style="background: #FFFFFF; color: black;" , 18,136 , style="background: #FFFFFF; color: black;" , 17,098 , style="background: #FFFFFF; color: black;" , 18,316 , style="background: #FFFFFF; color: black;" , 19,259 , style="background: #FFFFFF; color: black;" , 19,924 , - , colspan="22" style="text-align:center;font-size:90%;", Sources:{{cite web , title=Parish Headcounts: Northwich CP , work=National Statistics website , url=http://neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/LeadTableView.do;jsessionid=ac1f930cce66e21ccbb56c24277bcb1957157785a0b.e38Qa3mPbh4Kai0LaxqMbhqSaxyQe6fznA5Pp7ftolbGmkTy?a=3&b=792700&c=northwich&d=16&e=15&g=429415&i=1001x1003x1004&m=0&enc=1&dsFamilyId=779&bhcp=1 , access-date=5 December 2006 , archive-date=28 August 2007 , archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070828233940/http://neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/LeadTableView.do;jsessionid=ac1f930cce66e21ccbb56c24277bcb1957157785a0b.e38Qa3mPbh4Kai0LaxqMbhqSaxyQe6fznA5Pp7ftolbGmkTy?a=3&b=792700&c=northwich&d=16&e=15&g=429415&i=1001x1003x1004&m=0&enc=1&dsFamilyId=779&bhcp=1 , url-status=dead {{clear The 2011 Census shows the population of Northwich civil parish to be 19,924. This was composed of 9,878 (49.6%) males and 10,046 (50.4%) females. There were 8,808 households. This makes the average household size 2.62, an increase on 2001. The adjacent civil parishes of
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, Barnton,
Davenham Davenham (pronounced Dave-n-ham) is a rural village and civil parish approximately south of the town of Northwich, part of the Borough of Cheshire West and Chester and the ceremonial county of Cheshire in England. It has a population of 5,655 ...
,
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,
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, Lostock Gralam,
Rudheath Rudheath is a village and civil parish in the unitary authority of Cheshire West and Chester and the ceremonial county of Cheshire, in the north west of England, approximately 2 miles east of Northwich. The population of the civil parish as tak ...
,
Weaverham Weaverham is a village and civil parish in the Borough of Cheshire West and Chester and the ceremonial county of Cheshire in England. Just off the A49, it is just to the west of Northwich and south of the River Weaver, and has a population of ...
and
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are in part built up, giving a total population of 53,391 in 2011 considered to use the facilities of Northwich town centre.{{cite web , url=https://drive.google.com/file/d/1N1KBIV4VEfVGlT8oVtX06VM8blv1JK4s/view , title=Northwich Neighbourhood Plan 2017–2030: Referendum Version , publisher=Northwich Town Council/Cheshire West and Chester , pages=16, 19 , date=March 2018 , access-date=3 May 2019 The population of Northwich is estimated at around 63,000 in 2021, The town forms part of the Cheshire West and Chester (Northwich and Winsford Locality) which has an estimated 2021 population of 107,000. Northwich and its urban area make up 63,000, Winsford makes up around 34,100 and the remaining 10,000 are the surrounding rural areas of the locality {{clear


Economics

Northwich has been described as having a market since at least 1535, when it was described as a market town by Leland, but there is no surviving charter. The town still has a market today, which is earmarked for refurbishment as part of the Northwich Vision plans. The town's economy was dominated by the salt industry. However, a list of tolls for goods crossing over Northwich bridge in 1353 shows goods coming into the town, including a wide range of carcasses, fleeces, hides and skins, cloth, fish, alcoholic drinks, dairy products, building materials, household goods, metals and glass, and millstones. This indicates a much wider economic base to medieval Northwich than just the salt trade. Documentary evidence also exists for a
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from 1332 onwards and there is evidence for more than one mill from 1343. Allied to the extraction of salt was a bulk chemical industry, which became concentrated at the three ICI sites at Winnington, Wallerscote and Lostock. The first industrially practical method for producing polythene was accidentally discovered at the
Winnington Laboratory The Winnington Laboratory was a former chemical laboratory at Winnington, near Northwich, in Cheshire, England. History The Winnington Works were built in 1874. The laboratory was set up by the ICI Alkali Division of Imperial Chemical Industri ...
in 1933.{{cite web , title=Winnington history in the making , work=This is Cheshire , url=http://archive.thisischeshire.co.uk/2006/8/23/275808.html , access-date=5 December 2006 , url-status=dead , archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100121071050/http://archive.thisischeshire.co.uk/2006/8/23/275808.html , archive-date=21 January 2010 , df=dmy-all Bakers
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have been associated with the town since 1887 and continues to be based near the town at
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on the
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. Two of Frank Roberts & Sons's three main business divisions, Roberts Bakery and The Little Treats Co, are based in Northwich and Aldred's The Bakers, is in Ilkeston, Derbyshire. There are many contemporary major employers in nearby
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and
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. Based on the 2001 Census, Northwich had 13,928 people aged between 16 and 74. Of these, 8,908 (64.0%) people were categorised as economically active; 4,268 (30.6%) were economically inactive; 455 (3.3%) were unemployed.{{cite web , title=Parish Profile – Work and Qualifications: Northwich CP , work=National Statistics website , url=http://neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/LeadTableView.do?a=3&b=792700&c=northwich&d=16&e=15&g=429415&i=1001x1003x1004&o=1&m=0&enc=1&dsFamilyId=783 , access-date=9 January 2007 , archive-date=28 August 2007 , archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070828234013/http://neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/LeadTableView.do?a=3&b=792700&c=northwich&d=16&e=15&g=429415&i=1001x1003x1004&o=1&m=0&enc=1&dsFamilyId=783 , url-status=dead


Culture and community

The town has three key annual events. Over the
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weekend, Northwich Festival is held at Moss Farm Sports Complex, featuring four days of music and sport. Since 2011, the town's Medieval Festival has been staged in Verdin Park. And since 2021, an annual Piña Colada Festival has taken place in recognition of
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who was born in the town and wrote
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, released in 1979. The festival grew in 2022, with live music, fairground rides and old school street games among other attractions. Local bars, restaurants and cafés offered piña coladas alongside other tropical themed drinks and snacks. Northwich Memorial Hall was opened in 1960 but closed for redevelopment in 2013, to be replaced by the Memorial Court Facility, opened in 2015. It hosted a range of activities, including the Purple Cactus Comedy Club. The Harlequin Theatre produces six plays each year, and it is also the home of Northwich Folk Club (which has run continuously since 1977). The Regal cinema closed in 2007 and was demolished. A cinema in the Barons Quay development opened in 2016. Northwich has two local newspapers: the ''Northwich Guardian'', published by
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, and the ''Northwich Chronicle'', published by Trinity Mirror.
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Shout Radio broadcasts online and covers the mid-Cheshire area including Northwich (territory previously covered by the now defunct Cheshire FM). Northwich musicians include Steve Hewitt, drummer with
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,{{citation needed, date=December 2016 which provided a song for the soundtrack to the film ''
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'', and Tim Burgess from the Charlatans, a band once managed by Steve Harrison from the town's Omega Music record store. Local horror author Stuart Neild's first novel, ''A Haunted Man'', was set in the salt mines that run underneath Northwich, combining fact with supernatural fiction. Neild's novels featuring Northwich and other
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locations. A
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film and television series was in development.{{cite web , title=Once upon a time in the Midlands , work=BBC Website , url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/stoke/features/2005/03/haunted_man.shtml , access-date=5 December 2006


Sport

Northwich is the home of three
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teams: Witton Albion,
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and 1874 Northwich. In May 2018 the Cheshire FA announced plans for a £70m development near Northwich, modelled on
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. The facility would include two FIFA-standard pitches with a 1000-seat stadium, 3G pitches, six grass pitches, full medical facilities and a hotel/spa. The town has two rugby union sides
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and
Winnington Park Winnington Park Rugby Football Club is a rugby union club situated in Winnington, Northwich in Cheshire, England. The club runs three senior sides, a Ladies team, two colts sides and ten junior teams The first XV currently plays in the Northe ...
. The area also boasts several amateur cricket clubs, including Winnington Park CC, Davenham CC, Weaverham CC, Northwich CC and Hartford CC. Northwich also has a successful competitive swim team – Northwich Swimming Club, first formed in the late 19th century. Northwich Rowing Club was formed in 1875 in Northwich and continues to row on the River Weaver, producing Olympic and international rowers such as
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. The club has its own boat and clubhouse located by The Crescent and holds three events every year, the Autumn Head in November, the Spring Head in April and the Regatta in May. In 2015 the club was the first rowing club from the north of England to win the Junior Coxed Quad Sculls at the
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on the tideway in London. Club crews have also competed in the
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, with a crew seeded in 2015 for the first time in the club's history. The club also has a large junior section taking rowers on from age 12.{{cite web, title=Northwich Rowing Club, url=http://www.northwichrowing.co.uk/, website=Northwich Rowing Club, access-date=27 December 2016 The Northwich Festival, held at Moss Farm Sports Complex each August includes the UK Strongman-North Competition. The town also has a long-standing cycling club, Weaver Valley CC. Established in 1962, its members included ex-pro and ITV commentator
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and domestic rider Alan Kemp. The club competes in road racing, time trials, track racing and off-road. The club promotes three road races, a series of circuit races in June at
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, the Cat and Fiddle hill climb, and cyclo-cross in September. Since 1980, the club has promoted the Cheshire Classic women's cycling road race, held every April. Part of
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's National Road Race Series, it is the longest running race on the women's national calendar. Previous winners include Dame Sarah Storey, Lucy Garner, Lizzie Armitstead, Nicole Cooke and Mandy Jones. The first known swimming baths in Northwich was the Verdin Baths, situated on Verdin Park, presented by
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in commemoration of the Jubilee of Queen Victoria in 1887. It consisted of a {{convert, 60, x, 20, ft, m, adj=on cast-iron plunge bath and five slipper baths. Northwich Public Baths was built in 1913 following subsidence at Verdin Park pool. It its doors on 23 January 1991 {{cite web, title=Verdin Baths, 1887-1911, url=http://northwichbrinebaths.co.uk/node/7, archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090826134213/http://northwichbrinebaths.co.uk/node/7, url-status=dead, archive-date=26 August 2009, website=Archive of Northwich Brine Baths, access-date=27 December 2016 to be replaced with Moss Farm leisure complex, which in turn was replaced by Memorial Court entertainment and leisure venue in 2015.


Landmarks and religious sites

The parish church is known as St. Helen's Witton. It is a Grade I Listed Building. The church initially developed as a
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associated with the parish of
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to serve the local community, known as the Chapel of Witton. There is no known date for the creation of this chapel, but it is thought to have existed in the 13th century. None of this building exists in the current church. There is no documentary evidence to indicate the dates of the older parts of the current building. However, stones in the fabric of the porch carry inscriptions attributed to "Ricardus Alkoke Capellanus". This name matches documents concerning land in Northwich and Lostock Gralam dated 1468, but this cannot be used to date the church accurately. It was not until 7 August 1900 that the parish of Witton (otherwise Northwich) was formed from parts of
Great Budworth Great Budworth is a village and civil parish in Cheshire, England, north of Northwich off the A559 road, east of Comberbach, northwest of Higher Marston and southeast of Budworth Heath. Until 1948, Great Budworth was part of the Arley Hall es ...
,
Davenham Davenham (pronounced Dave-n-ham) is a rural village and civil parish approximately south of the town of Northwich, part of the Borough of Cheshire West and Chester and the ceremonial county of Cheshire in England. It has a population of 5,655 ...
and other surrounding parishes. The presen
St Wilfrid's (Roman Catholic)
church was built in 1866. The curren
Northwich Methodist Chapel
was opened in 1990, but there has been a Methodist presence in the town at least since 1774, when
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laid the foundation stone of the first chapel in the London Road area. The Northwich Union Workhouse opened in 1837 following the
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Amendment of 1834 that standardised the system of poor relief throughout Britain. The building is now the Weaver Hall Museum. The Dock Road Edwardian Pumping Station is a
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Listed Building originally built by Northwich Urban District Council in 1913. For over 60 years it was used for pumping sewage from parts of Northwich to the Wallerscote Treatment Works. Before it was built, untreated sewage was discharged directly into the River Weaver, causing widespread pollution. Two
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s, Hayhurst Bridge built in 1898, and Town Bridge built in 1899, cross the Weaver at Northwich. The bridges were the first two electrically powered swing bridges in Great Britain and were built on floating pontoons to counteract the mine subsidence. They were designed by Colonel John Saner. The Floatel Northwich was moored on the Weaver near the confluence of the two rivers, but was closed when the owners, The Real Hotel Company plc, went into administration in January 2009. It has since been removed. It was the UK's only floating hotel. {{clear


Transport

The key historical mode of transport is water. By 1732 the River Weaver was improved from Frodsham Bridge to Winsford Bridge and eventually allowed vessels up to {{convert, 160, t, kg to travel up to Northwich Bridge. The
Trent and Mersey Canal The Trent and Mersey Canal is a canal in Derbyshire, Staffordshire and Cheshire in north-central England. It is a "narrow canal" for the vast majority of its length, but at the extremities to the east of Burton upon Trent and north of M ...
, opened in 1775, passed to the north of Northwich because of objections from the trustees of the Weaver Navigation. However, the canal passed salt deposits near the village of Marston, and many of the later salt mines were based along its banks including the Lion Salt Works. The
Anderton Boat Lift The Anderton Boat Lift is a two caisson lift lock near the village of Anderton, Cheshire, in North West England. It provides a vertical link between two navigable waterways: the River Weaver and the Trent and Mersey Canal. The structure is de ...
was opened in 1875{{cite web, url= http://www.andertonboatlift.co.uk/ , work = Anderton Boat Lift website , title = Anderton Boat Lift , access-date = 3 September 2008 to connect the canal and river systems. It was fully restored in 2002 and now houses a visitor centre. The road system around Northwich can be dated back to the Roman times. The
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and A559 follow the route of the Roman road that runs from Chester to York. The A556 diverts away from the route of the Roman road following a new route to the south of the town acting as the town's bypass. The Chester to Manchester road became a
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in 1769. The A530, known as King Street, also passes near to the town, and this follows the route of the Roman road that connected Warrington and Middlewich. The old route to Warrington and the north from Middlewich, however, was replaced by a new route through Knutsford, which became a turnpike in 1753. Northwich is connected to the motorway network to the north of the town via the A559 onto the
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; and to the east of the town via the A556 at Junction 19 of the
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. The railway came to the town in 1863 when the Cheshire Midland Railway constructed its line from
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. The West Cheshire Railway built its line to
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in 1869. Passenger trains from Northwich to Chester via Delamere commenced in 1875. The route through Northwich is now marketed as the Mid-Cheshire line. Northwich railway station, last rebuilt in 1897, is on the line from
Chester Chester is a cathedral city and the county town of Cheshire, England. It is located on the River Dee, close to the English–Welsh border. With a population of 79,645 in 2011,"2011 Census results: People and Population Profile: Chester Loca ...
to
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. There are also stations within close vicinity at Greenbank, also on the Mid-Cheshire line, and
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(on the
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). There are bus routes between Northwich and a number of local towns, and villages including Weaverham,
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, Crewe, Warrington, Kelsall and Chester. Family run coach company, Walker's Coaches, was based in Anderton, before being taken over by Holmeswood Coaches; who still run the Northwich depot.


Education

Northwich and its surroundings has a number of schools and colleges. Sir John Deane's College is now a
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, but was originally formed as a grammar school in 1557. The school was originally known as Witton Grammar School and was erected close to Witton Chapel. The school moved to its current location, to the south of the town, in 1907–08.
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is an independent school. Primary education include: *The Grange Junior School *Witton Church Walk CofE Primary School *Victoria Road Primary School *Charles Darwin Community Primary School *Winnington Park Community Primary and Nursery School *St Wilfrid's Catholic Primary School *Hartford Manor Primary School *Hartford County Primary School *Kingsmead Primary School was shortlisted for the Prime Minister's Better Public Building award in 2005. *Rosebank School is a school for
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children aged 3–11 years. During the 19th century many new schools were founded and by 1850 twelve "academies" were recorded in the area. The town is now served by County High School Leftwich, a specialist media arts college, while
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, a specialist performing arts college and
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both admit pupils from Northwich. There are also several primary schools in the area. St. Nicholas Catholic High School is also in the local vicinity, and performs well on national exam boards, coming second in the whole of
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. Mid Cheshire College had its main campus in nearby
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, offering
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courses. The campus closed in 2018 after it merged with Warrington Collegiate a year earlier to form Warrington and Vale Royal College In November 2005, as part of the Northwich Vision, a refurbishment of the town's railway station included a Centre called ''Zone'' that promotes lifelong learning by offering people the opportunity to access a range of online and taught courses.


Notable people

; Industry * Peter Drinkwater (1750 – 1801) an English cotton manufacturer and merchant. In 1782 he opened his first cotton mill on the River Weaver in Northwich *
Sir Joseph Verdin, 1st Baronet Sir Joseph Verdin, 1st Baronet, (4 January 1838 – 28 December 1920) was a British salt industrialist, philanthropist and the Justice of the Peace, Deputy Lieutenant and County Alderman for the County of Cheshire. He was elevated to the Bar ...
(1838 in Witton – 1920) ran a family salt business known as Joseph Verdin & Sons with his brothers,
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and William, lived at The Brockhurst in the town. * Ludwig Mond (1839–1909) German-born co-founder of
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, a soda factory in Winnington *
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PC DL (1842–1919) founder of chemical firm
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in 1873, MP for
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1885–1886 and from 1887 to 1910, lived at
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* William James Yarwood (1851–1926) shipbuilder and proprietor of W. J. Yarwood & Sons, a local shipbuilding business ;Creative arts *
Alethea Lewis Alethea Lewis (born 19 December 1749, buried 12 November 1827) was an English novelist, born at Acton, near Nantwich, Cheshire. She also used the pseudonym Eugenia de Acton. Her subject-matter centres on her profound Christianity and her belief i ...
(1749 at Acton - 1827) an English novelist, she centred on profound Christianity and virtue. * Bob Crossley (1912 in Northwich – 2010) an abstract artist who worked in oil and acrylic and lived in Cornwall from 1959 * Percy M. Young (1912 in Northwich – 2004) a British musicologist, editor, organist, composer, conductor and teacher *
Peter Gammond Peter Gammond (30 September 1925 – 6 May 2019) was a British music critic, writer, journalist, musician, poet, and artist. Peter Gammond was born in Winnington, Northwich, Cheshire. The son of John Thomas Gammond (1892–1970), a clerk, a ...
(born 1925 in Northwich) a British music critic, writer, journalist, musician, poet, and artist. *
Robert Westall Robert Atkinson Westall (7 October 1929 – 15 April 1993) was an English author and teacher known for fiction aimed at children and young people. Some of the latter cover complex, dark, and adult themes. He has been called "the dean of Brit ...
(1929–1993) the children's author lived in the town and taught at Sir John Deane's Grammar School. * Sue Birtwistle (born 1945 in Northwich) a producer and writer of television drama *
Rupert Holmes David Goldstein (born February 24, 1947), better known as Rupert Holmes, is a British-American composer, singer-songwriter, dramatist and author. He is widely known for the hit singles "Escape (The Piña Colada Song)" (1979) and " Him" (1980). ...
(born 1947 in Northwich) composer, songwriter and author, now lives in New York *
Malcolm Garrett Malcolm Leslie Garrett (born 1956) is a British graphic designer, and Creative Director of Images&Co, a communications design consultancy based in London, UK. He is Ambassador for Manchester School of Art and co-founder of the annual Design M ...
(born 1956 in Northwich) a British graphic designer *
Jennifer Saunders Jennifer Jane Saunders (born 6 July 1958) is an English actress, comedian, singer and screenwriter. Saunders originally found attention in the 1980s, when she became a member of The Comic Strip after graduating from the Royal Central School of ...
(born 1958) actress and comedian, attended Northwich Girls' Grammar School * Jim Tavaré (born 1963) an English stand-up comedian, actor, and musician. He attended art school in Northwich. *
Moira Buffini Moira Buffini (born 29 May 1965) is an English dramatist, director, and actor. Early life Buffini was born in Cheshire to Irish parents, and attended St Mary's College at Rhos-on-Sea in Wales as a day girl. She studied English and Drama at Gol ...
(born 1965) an English dramatist, director, and actor. * Tim Burgess (born 1967) an English singer-songwriter and lead singer of the alternative rock band The Charlatans *
Cathie Pilkington Cathie Pilkington (born 31 July 1968) is a London-based British sculptor represented by Karsten Schubert London. She studied at Edinburgh College of Art and the Royal College of Art, and was elected as a Royal Academician in 2014. She became ...
RA (born 1968) is a British sculptor, she attended the North Chester College of Art in Northwich * Stuart Neild (born 1970 in Northwich) horror author * Steve Hewitt (born 1971 in Northwich) an English musician, singer-songwriter, record producer and former drummer for the band
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, 1996–2007 * Helsinki Seven (formed 2006) are an alternative rock band from Northwich, *
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(formed 2008) an English musical duo based in Northwich consists of Louise Bagan and Aisha Stuart ;Politics *
Robert Verdin Robert Verdin (8 March 1836 – 25 July 1887) was a salt manufacturer, philanthropist and the Liberal Unionist Member of Parliament (MP) for Northwich from 1 July 1886 to 25 July 1887. Biography Robert Verdin and his brothers, Joseph and Wil ...
(1836 in Witton – 1887) a salt manufacturer, philanthropist and MP for
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1886–1887 * Sir Philip Holland (1917 in Northwich – 2011) Conservative MP for Acton 1959-1964 and for Carlton 1966-1983 * Paul Dean, Baron Dean of Harptree PC (1924 in Northwich – 2009) Conservative MP for
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1964 to 1983 * John Greenway (born 1946) MP for
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, was born and educated in the town *
Arron Banks Arron Fraser Andrew Banks (born 1966) is a British businessman and political donor. He is the co-founder (with Richard Tice) of the Leave.EU campaign. Banks was previously one of the largest donors to the UK Independence Party (UKIP) and helpe ...
(born 1966 in Northwich) a British businessman and political donor. * Diana Johnson (born 1966) MP for Hull North was born and educated in the town ;Sport * Charles James Hughes (1853 in Northwich –1916) an English footballer, referee, and co-founder of
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* George Elmore (1880 in Witton – 1916 Somme) an English professional football player with about 200 games. * John Boden (1882 in Northwich – 1946) an English professional footballer who played over 300 pro games * Billy Harrison (1886 in Wybunbury – 1948) an English footballer with over 400 appearances, mostly for
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* Jack Eyres (1899 in Northwich – 1975) an English footballer who played over 250 games. * Sid Collins Jr. (1912 in Northwich – 1983) an English professional golfer. He won the Welsh Professional Championship in 1938 and 1952 * Tom Manley (1912 in Northwich – 1988) an English professional footballer, over 300 appearances for Manchester United and Brentford, he later managed hometown club
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* Zandra Nowell (born 1936 in Northwich) a British alpine skier, competed in the
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* Malcolm Arnold (born 1940 in Northwich) an athletics coach working for UK Athletics since 1974. * Len Bathurst (born 1959 in Northwich) an English former professional football player who appeared in over 350 games. *
Mike Whitlow Michael William Whitlow (born 13 January 1968) is an English former professional footballer and Under-18s coach at League Two club Mansfield Town. As a player, he was a defender from 1987 to 2007. He notably played for Leeds United, and in the P ...
(born 1968 in Northwich) an English former professional footballer with 398 appearances, mainly for Leicester City & Bolton Wanderers * Michael Oakes (born 1973 in Northwich) former goalkeeper for
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and
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* Andy Oakes (born 1977 in Northwich) former goalkeeper for
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*
Matt Langridge Matthew Langridge (born 20 May 1983) is a British rower. At the 2012 Summer Olympics in London he was part of the British crew that won the bronze medal in the men's eight. He was the 2015 European Champion in the men's pair, along with Jam ...
(born 1983) rower and triple Olympic medallist, including Gold at the
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, started rowing at Northwich Rowing Club * Mark Roberts (born 1983 in Northwich) is an English professional footballer played in 440 matches *
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(1985–2008) an English motorcycle racer. He grew up in Northwich * Dennis Walker (1944 in Northwich - 2003) an English footballer, the first black player to appear for
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, also representing
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and
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* Joe Dale (1921 in Northwich - 2000) an English professional footballer who played for
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as well as
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and Witton Albion ;Other *
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William Allen Whitworth William Allen Whitworth (1 February 1840 – 12 March 1905) was an English mathematician and a priest in the Church of England.. Education and mathematical career Whitworth was born in Runcorn; his father, William Whitworth, was a school headmaste ...
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schooled at the Sandicroft School in Northwich *
Harold Drinkwater Harold Drinkwater FRSE (1855 – 11 July 1925) was an English physician. He was usually referred to simply as Harry Drinkwater. He did much research into hereditary diseases but is largely remembered as an amateur botanist and exemplary artist of ...
(1855-1925) physician and botanical artist, born and raised in Northwich *
Geoffrey Cheshire Geoffrey Chevalier Cheshire, (27 June 1886 – 27 October 1978) was a British barrister, scholar, and influential writer on law. He was the father of Leonard Cheshire, the British war hero and founder of the Cheshire Foundation Homes for ...
FBA (1886 in Northwich – 1978) an English barrister, scholar and influential writer on law * Arthur Dodd (1919 in Northwich – 2011) served in the British Army during WWII and was a Prisoner of War at Auschwitz * Mary-Ann Ochota (born 1981 in Northwich) a British broadcaster and anthropologist specialising in archaeology, social history and adventure factual television


Twin town

Northwich is twinned with: * Dole,
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See also

{{Portal, Cheshire * Salt in Cheshire *
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* Listed buildings in Northwich *
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*
Holy Trinity Church, Northwich Holy Trinity Church, Northwich, (also known as Holy Trinity Church, Castle) is in the Castle district of Northwich, Cheshire, England. It is an active Anglican parish church in the deanery of Middlewich, the archdeaconry of Chester, and the d ...
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