Portal:Cheshire/Did you know/29

...that the listed buildings of Marbury cum Quoisley include an obelisk, a lychgate (pictured), a churchyard wall, and half a bridge?
...that the porch of Macclesfield Castle, dating from the reign of Henry II and the only standing part of the castle, was replaced by cottages and shops in 1932?
...that St Oswald's Chambers in Chester was built on land purchased by the architect John Douglas to enhance the view towards Chester Cathedral?
...that Delamere Forest is the remnant of the Norman hunting forests of Mara and Mondrem, which once covered over 60 square miles (160 km²) of Cheshire?

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