This talk uncovers a lost industry of the Adur valley – the making of salt. Rents were sometimes paid in salt, as it was such a valuable commodity. The farmers of the Adur valley would have known all about it.
The French undercut our local produce in 14thC with their far superior ‘Fleur de Sel’, which we imported through the port of New Shoreham. French salt was produced by sun evaporation in southern Brittany, but the Adur valley salt, known locally as ‘brown salt’ was made in a very different way, by boiling
This talk will explain how the salt industry flourished in the Adur Valley, then faded.
So, don’t take all this with a pinch of salt, discover it for yourself!
The speaker, Dr Janet Pennington, is an author, a past chairman of the West Sussex Archives Society, a life member of the Sussex Archaeological Society, an active member of the Wealden Buildings Study Group and Hon. President of the Brighton & Hove Archaeological Society. She has been giving live & Zoom talks for many years.
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Talk:"Salt of the Earth: the salt industry of the Adur valley" (Zoom) by Janet P

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