Salt and Subsidence
Cheshire, county of cheese and invisible cats, is supported by two strata of salt. Salt been produced here since Roman times. Where an aquifer met the salt and then came to the surface the result was brine springs. The Romans diverted these into lead pans with a fire underneath. The salt crystalized out as the water boiled off. As you probably know, our words salary and salad come from the Latin word for salt. Over the years, the pans got…