It’s hard to imagine today, but over 400 years ago, Nantwich was caught up in the English Civil War. The town, the second most important in Cheshire, was fiercely contested between the Royalists and Parliamentarians. On January 25 1644, the Parliamentarians who had garrisoned the town the previous, won a […]
Kate Dobson
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The Museum was delighted to win the South Cheshire Chamber of Commerce’s Ambassador of the Year 2024. The award recognizes businesses that have made a significant impact on the South Cheshire community and represent the area’s excellence to other regions. Museum staff Kate, Kerry and Emma attended the event, accepting […]
Prisoner of War Exhibition Our latest Community Gallery exhibition is about World War II prisoners of war (POWs) held in local camps and hostels. There were 12 base camps in Cheshire during the war with numerous hostels housing low security, ‘non-officer rank’ men obliged to fight but who found themselves […]
Nantwich Museum is delighted to showcase a new quilt made by Jan Aldersay of local textile group ‘Connected Threads’ which has now been donated to the museum. This making of the quilt has been inspired by the Art Fund podcast “Meet Me At The Museum”, as well as her personal […]