Wich towns

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Wich and wych are names used to denote brine springs or wells. By the 11th century use of the 'wich' suffix in placenames associated towns with salt production; six English towns/cities carry the suffix: Droitwich in Worcestershire, four Cheshire 'wiches' of Middlewich, Nantwich, Northwich and Leftwich, a small village south of Northwich, and the city of Norwich in Norfolk.

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