Nantwich is a market town and civil parish in the unitary authority of Cheshire East in Cheshire, England.
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Origins of the settlement date to Roman times, when salt from Nantwich was used by the Roman garrisons at Chester and Stoke-on-Trent as a preservative and a condiment.
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Nantwich is one of the few places in Cheshire to be marked on the Gough Map, which dates from 1355 to 1366.
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The town's location on the London–Chester road meant that Nantwich began to serve the needs of travellers in medieval times.
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Presence of a watermill south of Nantwich Bridge was noted in 1228 and again about 1363, through the cutting of a mill race or leat and creation of an upstream weir.
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Since 1983, Nantwich has been in the parliamentary constituency of Crewe and Nantwich.
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Between 1955 and 1983, Nantwich was a parliamentary constituency in its own right, largely covering the areas managed by Nantwich urban and rural district councils.
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Nantwich has one of the county's largest collections of historic buildings, second only to Chester.
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Nantwich contains many Georgian town houses, good examples being Dysart Buildings, 9 Mill Street, Townwell House and 83 Welsh Row.
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Town's football club, Nantwich Town, competes in the Northern Premier League Premier Division, the seventh tier of English football, and in 2006 won the FA Vase.
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Crewe and Nantwich RUFC, founded in 1922, is based at Vagrants Sports Club in Newcastle Road, Willaston, and runs four senior teams including a ladies team; the first XV play in the Midlands 1 West.
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In 2019, Nantwich reached the final of the ECB National Club Cricket Championship.
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The inNantwich website gives Nantwich information, including shops, firms, schools, wifi spots, car parking and toilets.
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