Nantwich Cheshire Plain around the town. "Nant" comes from the Welsh for brook or stream. "Wich" and "wych" are names used to denote brine springs or wells. In 1194 there is a reference to the town as being called "Nametwihc", which would indicate it was once the site of a pre-Roman Celtic nemeton or sacred grove. In the Domesday Book, Nantwich is recorded as having eight salt houses. It had a castle and was the capital of a barony of the earls of Chester, and of one of the seven hundreds of medieval Cheshire. Nantwich is one of the few places
Arizona Mining and Mineral Museum mining shovel used in the copper mine at Ray. An exhibit room off the main gallery displays a mineral collection, kachina dolls, and other items donated by Rose Mofford, who was governor of Arizona at the time the museum relocated to its current site. As a supporter of the museum, Mofford has been quoted as saying that she would instruct her legal representative to disperse the collection to "the rural museums of Arizona" if the mining and mineral museum ever closes. Arizona Mining and Mineral Museum The Arizona Mining and Mineral Museum in Phoenix, Arizona, was a museum focused on