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pussing | 07:17 Mon 10th Mar 2003 | Food & Drink
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Was salt introduced to Britain and if so when? Or did Britain always have it?
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Well, 'wich' was another word for an area where salt is mined; Nothwich, Middlewich, Nantwich etc so I guess we always had it. AFAIK
11:15 Mon 10th Mar 2003
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"I was led to believe" (which means i may be wrong) that the Romans introduced it long before we started mining it (interesting that we dig for it when there's loads in the sea....) In Roman times salt was considered a valuable commodity, in fact soldiers were paid in salt, which is where the term "Salary" comes from (Latin for salt)
13:58 Mon 10th Mar 2003
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FAO xyzzyplugh (I know this is nothing to do with the question - sorry!) -wich comes from -wick meaning village or settlement. ie Norwich is the North wick. Not salt-related...
19:02 Mon 10th Mar 2003
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The largest salt fields in the kingdom. Nantwich, Northwich and Middlewich made up the Salt Wiches. http://www.saltbook.com/full_reviews_salt.php L
atin, wich. In origin, -wic was a place-name element derived from the Latin vicus, place. Its most common meaning is dairy-farm. However, as Domesday clearly shows, the element by itself had evolved the specialised meaning of salt-working by the eleventh century. http://www.domesdaybook.net/hs855.htm The Anglo Saxons, it turns out, called a saltworks a "wich." http://www.pillagoda.freewire.co.uk/WYCH.htm
20:43 Mon 10th Mar 2003
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FAO mikewith. I''m sorry to disagree but the 'wich' in Nantwich, Middlewich and Northwich definitely has salt connections. As for Norwich then I am sure you are correct.
23:30 Mon 10th Mar 2003
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Well said xyzzyplugh. Your answer appeared while I was busy typing to mikewith.
23:32 Mon 10th Mar 2003
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Well, thanks Gef. I was beginning to think it was 'attackPlugh' week. :-|
05:07 Tue 11th Mar 2003
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Domesday book was 1066 - The Romans were here a thousand years previously, can i declare myself the winner?
11:10 Tue 11th Mar 2003
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no Darth because there's evidence that the Anglo Saxons were at it; mining for salt in the Cheshire Wiches before that.
05:05 Wed 12th Mar 2003
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oops sorry Darth. guess I don't know diddle about timeline. You win with Romans. :-)
02:52 Thu 13th Mar 2003

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