Open-pan salt making from lead using wood as a fuel. In Britain they established towns for salt production at Droitwich in Worcestershire, and Nantwich, Middlewich and Northwich in Cheshire. In the early Middle Ages these developed into the 'wich' towns of Cheshire. Small 'wich' houses containing several lead pans to evapourate the brine into salt, clustered around brine springs within each of the towns. The open-pan process continued largely unchanged throughout the medieval period. A 17th-century German wood-cut by Georgius Agricola shows the process in detail. Excavated evidence has uncovered wooden rakes to draw salt crystals to the side of the pan, and
Nantwich Town F.C. the Weaver Stadium. The FA Trophy was exited in the 3rd Qualifying Round by Northwich Victoria The 2nd season under Johnson did not lead to much improvement, and he lost his job in February, to be replaced by ex player Phil Parkinson and assisted by Neil Sorvel and Danny Griggs. The new managers appointment led to an improvement in results and performances and Nantwich finished lower mid-table. Again there was not much of a cup run, with an FA Cup defeat to Salford City and an FA Trophy defeat to Ramsbottom United. In 2015/16 Nantwich embarked on an FA Trophy