Portal:Cheshire/Calendar/March

2 March 1968: Actor Daniel Craig born in Chester.

3 March 1614: Antiquarian Sir Peter Leycester born in Nether Tabley.

3 March 1951: Tony Hall, Director-General of the BBC, born in Birkenhead.

7 March 1544: Thomas Holcroft purchased Vale Royal Abbey after its dissolution.

7 March 2010: David Briggs became Lord Lieutenant of Cheshire.

10 March 2010: Chester City F.C. closed.

11 March 1584: Elizabeth I issued a brief supporting the rebuilding of Nantwich after the 1583 fire.

11 March 1878: Foundation of the Record Society of Lancashire and Cheshire.

12 March 1364: Ranulf Higden, a monk at the monastery of St Werburgh and author of Polychronicon, died in Chester.

13 March 1643: First Battle of Middlewich during the Civil War.

15 March 1757: Tower of St Mary's Church, Acton (pictured) collapsed.

20 March 1488: Stockport Grammar School founded.

20 March 1993: IRA explosive devices killed two children and injured 54 people in Warrington.

20 March 2002: Anderton Boat Lift reopened after restoration.

22 March 1846: Illustrator Randolph Caldecott born in Chester.

29 March 1829: Architect and engineer Thomas Harrison died in Chester.

30 March 2007: Cheshire FM, a Winsford-based local radio station, launched.

31 March 2009: Chester, Congleton, Crewe & Nantwich, Ellesmere Port & Neston, Macclesfield and Vale Royal boroughs abolished.