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 * ...that Hatherton Flush, a Site of Special Scientific Interest in Hatherton, supports an abundance of orchids, including the marsh helleborine (pictured), which is rare in Cheshire?
 * ...that one theory suggests that the unique Chester Rows were constructed in the medieval era on top of debris from the ruins of Roman buildings?
 * ...that although most of the works of Arnold Thornely are in Liverpool and northwest England, he is best known for the Stormont Parliament Buildings in Belfast?
 * ...that the 16th-century 140–142 Hospital Street in Nantwich may stand on the site of the 11th-century Hospital of St Nicholas, which gives the street its name?

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