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			There is a football club in Middlewich, Middlewich Town FC, formed from the old Middlewich Atheletic. Middlewich Town play at the Seddon Street pitch.

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Template:GBdot Middlewich is a town in Cheshire, England.

Middlewich lies on the confluence between the River Dane and River Croco. 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.

History

Roman Origins

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.

Middle Ages

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Victorian & Georgian Era

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Present Day

Over the past 30 years Middlewich has seen a significant quantity of new housing development, taking its population from around 7,500 in 1970 to 13,170 in 2003. This development is still continuing, with its good road links via the M6 being a contributing factor.

Culture

Shopping

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Arts & Sport

There is an annual folk and boat festival in Middlewich. The 2005 Festival being the weekend of 17th-19th June. Many artists including Bellowhead and Tickled Pink are appearing at the venues throughout the town. Morris Dancing and Craft Stalls also feature. The boating festival centres on the Trent and Mersey Canal.

There is a football club in Middlewich, Middlewich Town FC, formed from the old Middlewich Atheletic. Middlewich Town play at the Seddon Street pitch.

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Media

Middlewich's weekly newspapers are the Middlewich Chronicle and the Middlewich Guardian.

Industry

Historically the main industry in Middlewich was salt, with a number of open pan works close to the Canal. However salt manufacture in Middlewich is now concentrated in one manufacturer, British Salt, who sell under the name Saxa.

Local Attractions

Apart from the Trent and Mersey and Shropshire Union canals, there is also the town church of St. Michaels and All Angels. Within the local area are the Jodrell Bank radio telescope and the Salt Museum in nearby Northwich.

Transport

A branch of the Shropshire Union Canal flows to the town, where it meets with the Trent and Mersey Canal. The town is also home to a third canal known as the Wardle canal. Middlewich lies on a railway branch line between Sandbach and Northwich, however the local station was closed to passenger traffic in 1959, and has now been demolished. Road links from Middlewich are good, with junction 18 of the M6 motorway whithin easy reach, and direct roads to Crewe, Nantwich, Northwich, Winsford and Sandbach.

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Towns in Cheshire

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