Hi Keith The Romans certainly exploited Droitwich's Brine Well(s) - and built several roads to them - but they actually took-over a pre-existing and fairly-flourishing industry. But they did rename the place Salinae. Droitwich salt was 'exported' quite widely, in 'crudely-made coarse pottery vessels' that've been found ovver much of the South-West. Gus ----- Original Message ----- From: The Houghtons <keithnh@bigpond.net.au> To: <ENG-WORCESTER-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, September 25, 2005 10:37 PM Subject: [WOR] Salt Mines > Gus Tysoe's reference to salt being produced at Droitwich for 2000 years > jogged a schoolboy memory from Latin classes in Bromsgrove some 50 years > ago. I seem to recall that the Romans discovered this useful commodity, and > that the Latin name for Droitwich was Salinium. > > Best wishes from Sydney (Oz) > Keith Houghton > > > > > ==== ENG-WORCESTER Mailing List ==== > Transcribers wanted for Worcestershire FreeREG > for more information see http://freereg.rootsweb.com > UK Census on-line > http://freecen.rootsweb.com/ > >