16 Facts About Middlewich

Middlewich is a town in the unitary authority of Cheshire East and the ceremonial county of Cheshire, England, 19.

Three canals pass through the town, the Shropshire Union, Trent and Mersey, and the Wardle Canal, as well as three major roads, the A533, A54 and A530; Middlewich has good motorway links to the nearby cities of Manchester and Liverpool.

Middlewich was founded by the Romans, who gave it the name Salinae because of its surrounding salt deposits.

Forty-two of Middlewich's inhabitants lost their lives in the Second World War, with a further fatality in the Korean War.

Since the early 1980s Middlewich has seen a significant quantity of new housing development, initially in the Sutton Lane and Hayhurst Avenue areas.

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Middlewich has lain within the county boundaries of Cheshire since a very early time.

Middlewich has a traditional high street, with small shops on Wheelock Street and Lewin Street.

The current club, Middlewich Town, was formed in 1998, and plays in the Mid-Cheshire League.

Middlewich is one of two large towns in the former borough of Congleton without a public swimming pool, in spite of the various initiatives that have been started to provide one.

Middlewich's hospital is Leighton Hospital near Crewe, part of the Mid Cheshire Hospitals National Health Service Trust.

Principal landmark in Middlewich is the Anglican parish church of St Michael and All Angels, parts of which date back to the 12th century, although the majority was built during the 14th, 15th and 16th centuries.

Middlewich United Reformed Church was founded in 1797, with the current church in Queen Street being built in 1870, and completed in 1871.

Middlewich Community Church is a relatively new Pentecostal church located in the former social club for the Brunner Mond works in Brooks Lane.

Middlewich is 19 miles from Manchester Airport, the busiest airport in the UK outside London, and 26 miles from Liverpool John Lennon Airport.

Middlewich was a prominent figure of the Reform Movement for widening the franchise.

France-Hayhurst family were local landowners responsible for the development of the model village at Bostock, and Charles Frederick Lawrence was a local antiquarian who documented much of the early history of Middlewich, and discovered a Neolithic stone celt whilst digging in the town.