Sunday, 22 September 2024

Articles for Saltcote 2024

 Please make contact if you wish to submit an article for inclusion in Saltcote No.12. 

Saturday, 8 July 2023

On-line Talk - Salt Canals of Cheshire 14 August 2023

The Salt Canals of Cheshire: From Brine Pit to Salt House - online talk 
 Monday 14th August 7pm to 8pm - Free 

This online (Zoom) talk will be given by Andrew Fielding, co-director of not-for-profit organisation ECOSAL-UK. 
 Andrew will examine how brine was delivered from brine pit to salt houses and compare Nantwich with Northwich, Middlewich and other salt works, exploring salt heritage infrastructure rather than brine boiling. Being part of the Museum’s Summer of Science festival there will be some physics, process engineering, batch production and 3D modelling to describe these elements over time and place. 

 This is the link to take you to registering for the talk: 
You are invited to a Zoom meeting. 
When: Aug 14, 2023 07:00 PM London 


 After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting. Alternatively people can book from our website: Events - Nantwich Museum 

 Please feel free to sharing. 
 Kind Regards, Kate Dobson, Museum Manager 
 Nantwich Museum is a small charity, dependent on donations, grants and fundraising. Any help you can give will be greatly appreciated and will enable us to assist with local research. Nantwich Museum | Pillory Street | Nantwich | Cheshire| CW5 5BQ | tel: 01270 627104 | www.nantwichmuseum.org.uk | Nantwich Museum Trust Ltd Reg. Charity No. 509386

Friday, 27 January 2023

Index to Saltcote Nos1-10

 An index to the Ecosal-UK newsletter issues 1-10 has been uploaded to the Ecosal-UK Google Drive folder.


Cover image to be post here soon.

Sunday, 11 December 2022

 Happy Christmas 2022

The newsletter for 2022 is being prepared and will be circulated soon. 

Please look out for it and circulate to anyone you know who might have an interest in anything to do with salt heritage.



Thursday, 29 September 2022

Webinar organised for the CIfA 13 Oct 2022

 Ecosal-UK has organised a webinar about salt making to be held on-line on the afternoon of 13th October 2022.

1. David Cranstone      

                  Sleeching mounds and panhouses: 
                  Coastal salt in the Northeast a ‘long Industrial Revolution’.

2. Tom Lane                   

                  The archaeology of salt making –                                                                                                                 locations of surface, buried and submerged sites in Lincolnshire.

   Break

3. Andrew Fielding       

                   Digital reconstructions of salt making sites and their processes.

4.                 Q&A and Discussion  


Wednesday, 22 December 2021