Two New Grant Applications

We have two new grant applications in play.

The first is an application to the HLF NW in partnership with the Council for British Archaeology to help develop the Salt Network. This would use the North West of England as a case study. It would also help to feed information into the updating of the North West Region's Archaeological Framework.
The principal focus is to bring together a diverse collection of sites, individuals and organisations with an interest in the history of salt making and its cultural associations.
The project would enable all collaborators to work together to create an interactive e-book which would not only help with future research by creating trusted sources but would help create a tourism trail based on our salt heritage which Ecosal-UK would manage and maintain.
A possible starting point for a UK Salt Network and Salt Route was proposed during the Ecosal-Atlantis project in 2011. See the Pages section - Ecosal-Atlantis - UK Salt Sites.

The second is a bid to the Arts and Humanities Research Council being prepared by Ecosal UK in partnership with the Centre for Applied Archaeology at the University of Salford. This would be for a three year research project to create a national time-line for the history of salt making, to go back to all archive sources and to collate all the existing survey data, regional frameworks and coastal zone surveys with reference to salt making from AD 1500. The project would hold four workshops and create innovate 3d graphical reconstructions of all the different salt making sites and the processes and techniques used at them.

We have our fingers crossed.

Salt Sunday 7th May 2017

Salt Sunday will be celebrated by the Bishop of Birkenhead on Sunday 7th May 2015.

Bishop Keith Sinclair, Bishop of Birkenhead send you a personal invitation to attend at The Lion Salt Works, Marston, Northwich, Cheshire 1.30 - 4.00pm

Geodiversity One Day Conference Friday 23 June 2017

One Day Conference
Free
Lion Salt Works Museum, Northwich
Friady 23 June 2017

https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/1-day-free-public-geodiversity-conference-tickets-31222901539?aff=erelpanelorg

Saltcote No.4

Link to Saltcote No.4   -
 https://issuu.com/ecosaluk/docs/saltcote-no4_837dc1bf6b8137

Obituary - George Twigg

George Twigg, aged 89, retired chemist and salt researcher/historian in Cheshire died peacefully on 25th November, 2016 after a long illness. His funeral was held on 5th December.

George Twigg was a chemist at BP Chemicals in Middlewich and through his work monitoring salt being made by the open pan process at Murgatroyd's Salt Works became interested in the history and development of salt making. He saw the closure of the open pan process and a transfer of production to vacuum evaporation and the phasing out of 'wild brine' pumping and the introduction of controlled brine pumping through solution mining techniques.

More to follow....

Saltcote No.4 Out Soon

Issue 2016, No.4 of Saltcote, the newsletter of Ecosal-UK will be out soon.
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Fanfare of the Salt

In 1778 Thomas Pennant, during his Tour into Wales, recorded a manuscript, then in the possession of Lewis Morris of Anglesey, of ancient music that held musical notation of a 'Fanfare of the Salt' collected by Robert ap Huw in 1620.
Robert ap Huw made a note that the music would have been played when salt was brought to the table of King Arthur and his knights.

The notation has been brought up to date by Simon Chadwick and a recording upload to Youtube.