History of salt English places carry the suffix and are historically related to salt, including the four Cheshire 'witches' of Middlewich, Nantwich, Northwich and Leftwich (a small village south of Northwich), and Droitwich in Worcestershire. Middlewich, Nantwich, Northwich and Droitwich are known as the "Domesday Wiches" due to their mention in the Domesday Book, "an indication of the significance of the salt-working towns in the economy of the region, and indeed of the country". Salt was very important to Europe because it was hard to trade with Africa and they needed to produce it themselves. Monopolies over salt production and trade were essential
WICH WICH WICH (1310 AM, "Personality Radio") is a radio station licensed to serve Norwich, Connecticut. The station is owned by Bonnie Rowbotham and licensed to Hall Communications, Inc. It airs a Talk/Nostalgia format. The station was sequentially assigned the WICH call letters by the U.S. Federal Communications Commission. John Deme was the founder and original owner of WNOC 1400 AM, which went on the air from Norwich with 250 watts in September 1946. This evolved into the present day WICH with 5,000 watts at 1310. In its long 70-year history, the Norwich Cuprak Road station was noted for its on-air