 Cheshire, England
Cheshire is a ceremonial county in North West England. It covers 2,343 sq km (905 sq mi) and has a population exceeding one million people (2012 estimate). It is bordered by Merseyside and Manchester to the north, Derbyshire to the east, Staffordshire and Shropshire to the south, and Flintshire and Wrexham in Wales to the west.
Chester Cathedral, England
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Apart from the towns along the River Mersey, much of Cheshire is rural in character. The county is famous for producing Cheshire cheese. Other products of the area include salt and woven silk.
The history of Cheshire goes back to the Norman conquest of 1066. The locals resisted the Normans for a further three years before being defeated in 1069. Human habitation is believed to go back even earlier, as evidence by the discovery of prehistoric burial gounds in The Bridgestones, near Congleton. Remains of Iron Age hill forts were also discovered at various locations in Cheshire.
Grosvenor Museum, Chester, Cheshire
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The soil in Cheshire comprises mostly of boulder clay. The land is a plain separating the hills of North Wales with the Peak District of Derbyshire. It was formed by retreating Ice Age glaciers which left a geological feature known as kettle holes, or locally referred to as meres. Shining Tor is the highest point in Cheshire, at 559 m (1,834 ft).
Stretton Watermill, Cheshire
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Towns in Cheshire
- Chester - county town
- Warrington - largest town
- Congleton
- Crewe
- Ellesmere Port
- Macclesfield
- Northwich
- Runcorn
- Widnes
- Wilmslow
- Winsford
Sights in Cheshire
- Adlington Hall
- Arley Hall
- Beeston Castle
- Bickerton Hill
- Bolesworth Castle
- Bunbury Mill
- Capesthorne Hall
- Catalyst Science Discovery Centre, Widnes
- Chester Cathedral
- Chester City Walls
- Chester Grosvenor and Spa
- Chester Zoo
- Cholmondeley Castle
- Cuckooland Museum, Tabley
- Delamere Forest
- Doddington Park
- Dorfold Hall
- Eaton Hall
- Elton Hall
- Gawsworth Hall
- Grosvenor Museum Chester
- Hack Green Secret Nuclear Bunker
- Halton Castle
- Hare Hill
- Helsby hill
- Holt Castle
- Jodrell Bank Observatory
- Lamaload Reservoir
- Lion Salt Works, Marston
- Little Moreton Hall
- Lyme Park
- Macclesfield Forest
- Mersey Forest
- National Waterways Museum, Ellesmere Port
- Ness Botanic Gardens
- Nether Alderley Mill
- Northwich Community Woodlands
- Norton Priory
- Parkgate
- Pick Mere, Pickmere
- Peckforton Castle
- Peckforton Hills
- Peover Hall
- Quarry Bank Mill
- Sandbach Crosses
- Shining Tor
- Shutlingsloe
- Stretton Watermill
- Swettenham Meadows Nature Reserve
- Tabley House
- Tatton Park
- Tegg's Nose Country Park
- The Bridestones
- Vale Royal Abbey
- Weaver Hall Museum and Workhouse, Northwich
- Wigg Island, Runcorn
- Windgather Rocks
- Winsford
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