Droitwich, a parliamentary and municipal borough of Worcestershire, England, 6 m. N. E. of Worcester and 132 m. by rail N. W. of London; pop. of the parliamentary borough in 1871, 9,510; of the municipal, 3,504. It is lighted with gas, and has a lunatic asylum and a hospital. Its chief trade is in salt, for the production of which it is famous, and which has been made there for more than 1,000 years. It is obtained from brine springs which rise near the centre of the town from a depth of 200 ft. The brine contains about 33 per cent. of salt, and used as baths has proved highly beneficial in cases of rheumatism and gout. About 100,000 tons of salt are made annually, which is shipped mostly by a canal connecting with the river Severn, capable of admitting vessels of 60 tons. The brine springs were anciently called wyches (Saxon), hence the name of the town, the prefix droit being supposed to refer to some right or privilege of the early inhabitants to manufacture salt. The town is supposed to have been the Roman Salinae.