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Sweets in Congleton: The Silk Town Nicknamed 'B...

Congleton grew into a major silk-weaving town in the 18th and 19th centuries, and still carries the nickname 'Beartown' from a long-told local legend.

Sweets in Nantwich: Rebuilt in Black and White ...

Nantwich's black-and-white timber-framed streets date to its rebuilding after the Great Fire of 1583, and the town still marks the Civil War siege it survived in 1644.

Sweets in Northwich: A Town Built on Salt, and ...

Northwich grew rich on salt mining, which also left the ground beneath it unstable — leading to timber-framed buildings and some of the country's earliest electric lift bridges.

Sweets in Malvern: The Victorian Water Cure Tha...

Malvern's spring water and Victorian 'water cure' clinics drew the famous to the Malvern Hills, but the town's spa fame never brought a dedicated bulk sweet shop.

Sweets in Gainsborough: A Rare Medieval Great H...

Gainsborough's Old Hall is one of England's best-preserved medieval great halls, and the town was once a working inland port on the River Trent — with no dedicated bulk sweet...

Sweets in Wetherby: A Great North Road Coaching...

Wetherby grew rich as a coaching stop on the Great North Road, and its racecourse has been drawing crowds since the 1890s.