Welsh Row, Nantwich, Cheshire One Place Study
Location: Nantwich, Cheshire, England, United Kingdom
Surnames/tags: One_Place_Studies England Cheshire
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Welsh Row, Nantwich, Cheshire One Place Study
Name
The name of this street has had many variations. From the year 1593 it became known as Welsh Row, prior to this it was known as Frog(ge) Row in recognition of the channel that ran down the street. To the south west of this street there was pasture land and it is believed that the marshy area within this land would have provided an ideal environment for a frog population to thrive. [1]
History
Welsh Row in Nantwich was initially an ancient trackway and it provided a link between Acton, Cheshire [2] and a ford across the River Weaver.[3] Nantwich itself was not really established until after the Normans arrived but the link that Welsh Row had to Acton provided a very important route to the salt works that ran alongside the river Weaver. The Romans had been trading salt from this part of Cheshire for more than a 1000 years before Nantwich existed. [4]
Welsh cattle drovers traded for this salt together with other goods and some settled in dwellings around that area and the name Welsh Row evolved as a result of these early inhabitants. [5]
Following the construction of a bridge in the Middle Ages and road re-alignment there commenced considerable development of this area and the result of this is a street full of history and interesting buildings some of which today are Grade II listed.[6]
Geography
- Continent: Europe
- Sovereign State: United Kingdom
- Country: England
- County: Cheshire
- GPS Coordinates: 53.0677, -2.5265
- Elevation: 43.0 m or 141.1 feet
Population
Sources
- ↑ https://nantwichmuseum.org.uk/product/drovers/
- ↑ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Acton,_Cheshire
- ↑ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/River_Weaver
- ↑ https://nantwichmuseum.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/Welsh-Row-Exhibition.pdf
- ↑ https://nantwichmuseum.org.uk/product/drovers/
- ↑ https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/results/?searchType=NHLE+Simple&search=Welsh+Row+Nantwich
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