salt manufacture

[Brie]

On a more helpful note Leicestershire does have an excellent industrial history society so you could ask them - http://www.lihs.org.uk/

I have been racking my brains but I can't recall any salt works in Leicestershire unless you count gypsum - which I think is a salt although not generally called one.

Brie

[stanmapstone]

an ancestor from Leics recorded as an salt manufacturer.

Where is he recorded?

Stan

[stanmapstone]

In the History, Gazetteer & Directory of Leicestershire & Rutland, 1846 there are Wm. Breedon, Salt Dealer, Britannia Street, Leicester, and Wm. Cartwright, Salt Dealer, Bridge Street, Loughborough. There are also a number of Coal & Salt Merchants, but there are no Salt Manufacturers listed.

Stan

[stanmapstone]

Page 4 in "Salt - British Geological Survey"  http://www.rootschat.com/links/01hil/ shows the distribution of the principal salt-bearing strata in the UK.

Stan

[a-l]

Thankyou Brie I remember that. If I remember correctly there was a Leicester children's home where presumably children were sent for holidays. That could have been Mablethorpe though. My memory!  thankyou for the link I'll have a look at that.

[a-l]

Thankyou very much Stan for all the information that's very helpful.                  He was recorded on his son's marriage certificate in 1848.                                        I'm going to check my records because Britannia St sounds familiar.

[a-l]

No help it was his grandson who lived in Britannia St.

[Annie65115]

What was your ancestor's name?

One of mine was a salt manufacturer, but in Cheshire - however, his son ended up in Leicester; I don't think there would be a link as the relevant marriage took place a generation before the one you mention, but you never know!

[a-l]

Mine was William Marston, I don't know of any Cheshire connections though.