Portal:Cheshire/Did you know/48

Addleshaw Tower, Chester

...that Addleshaw Tower (pictured) in Chester is the first free-standing bell tower to be built by an English cathedral since the 15th century?
...that James Hall's 1883 history of Nantwich remains one of the chief sources for the town's history?
...that Chorley Old Hall, the oldest inhabited country house in Cheshire, consists of two ranges, one medieval (c.1300), the other Elizabethan (mid-16th century)?
...that, unusually, Macclesfield War Memorial contains a sculpture of a soldier killed by gassing?

Suggest • More DYKs

This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.