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Officials once cut oversized salt pans down to size with shears
Cheshire's salt towns strictly limited the size of salt pans. If a pan was too big, an officer of the local court could cut a piece out of its corner with shears to bring it within the legal limit.
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The Salt Almanac. (2026, November 8). Officials once cut oversized salt pans down to size with shears. https://saltalmanac.com/did-you-know/salt-pan-shears
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“Officials once cut oversized salt pans down to size with shears.” The Salt Almanac. Last modified November 8, 2026. https://saltalmanac.com/did-you-know/salt-pan-shears.
Original sources
- Calvert, A.F. Salt and the Salt Industry. Pitman, 1919. https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/69590