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Middlewich Bottom Lock with a formerly split footbridge
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The canal arrives in Middlewich, the Roman Salinae, the middle saltworks town between
Northwich and Nantwich,
wic
being Old English for working place or
wych
the Anglo-Saxon
for salt. Middlewich Big Lock gives access to the final broad-beam pound. The lock gate was
operated by winch and chain because of the proximity of a bridge. The adjacent Big Lock
public house has its name carved in a brick scroll over the door and on a fine day it is ne-
