History of Northwich in the early medieval period is shown by its record in the Domesday Book: It shows that by 1086 the town was producing salt and was valued the same as Middlewich at £8, although less than the £21 value given to Nantwich. It is unclear if salt extraction had continued from the Roman to Medieval periods. The manor of Northwich belonged to the Earls of Chester. However, in 1237 the family line died out. Subsequently, Northwich became a royal manor and was given to a noble family to collect tolls in exchange for a set rent. By 1484 this family
Nantwich (UK Parliament constituency) boundaries. When created in 1955, the seat was a county constituency formed as the southernmost division of Cheshire in North West England. Nantwich itself had previously been part of the Crewe constituency. The rest of the new seat had been split off from the Northwich constituency. The redistribution for the 1983 general election was based upon a new pattern of local authorities. The Nantwich constituency was abolished in 1983. Nantwich (UK Parliament constituency) Nantwich was a parliamentary constituency in Cheshire which returned one Member of Parliament (MP) to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, elected