Salt: Life and Industry BAR BS456

This report describes the results of a developer-funded excavation undertaken in 2001 and 2002 in Middlewich, Cheshire, north-eastern England, prior to the development of the site for housing. Middlewich is located 33km east of Chester, on the Cheshire plain and to the south of the confluence of the Rivers Dane and Croco. The Croco was straightened when the Trent and Mersey canal was constructed in the 1770s. The modern town is also bounded to the west by the River Wheelock. Contents: Chapter 1 - Introduction by Malcolm Reid and Matthew Williams; Chapter 2 - The Excavation by Malcolm Reid and Matthew Williams; Chapter 3 - Coins by David Shotter; Chapter 4 - Brooches by Imogen Wellington; Chapter 5 - Other Copper Alloy Objects and an Iron Chain by Gillian Dunn; Chapter 6 - Lead Artefacts and Lead Manufacturing Waste by Jane Cowgill; Chapter 7 - Slag and Related Material by Jane Cowgill; Chapter 8 - Glass by Sally Worrell; Chapter 9 - Coarse Pottery by Ruth Leary; Chapter 10 - Samian Pottery by Margaret Ward; Chapter 11 - Briquetage by Matthew Williams; Chapter 12 - Wooden Artefacts by Michael Bamforth; Chapter 13 - Leather Objects by Quita Mould; Chapter 14 - Animal Bone by Sarah Viner; Chapter 15 - Archaeobotanical Remains by Gaylnne Carter; Chapter 16 - General Conclusions by Malcolm Reid.