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NORTHWICH
, a See also:market See also:town in the Northwich See also:parliamentary See also:division of See also:Cheshire, See also:England, 1712 M
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N.W. of See also:London, on the London and See also:North-Western railway and the Cheshire lines
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Pop. of See also:urban See also:district, 17,611
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It lies in a See also:low open valley at the confluence of the See also:rivers See also:Weaver and Dane, and is the centre of the See also:principal See also:salt-producing district in the See also:United See also:Kingdom
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In its narrow and irregular streets many of the houses are strongly bolted to keep them secure from the subsidences which result not infrequently from the pumping of brine
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Despite these precautions many accidents have occurred; some of the houses have sunk or stand at fantastic angles, and in 1892 a portion of the High See also:Street, which had subsided below the level of the Weaver, had to be raised 6 ft
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Both See also:rock salt and See also: Rope-and See also:brick-making, See also:iron and See also:brass-See also:founding, chemical manufactures, See also:brewing and tanning, are also carried on . |
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