Portal:Cheshire/Did you know/22


 * ...that British general John Hunter Littler (pictured) had two horses shot from under him during the 29 December 1843 Battle of Maharajpore?
 * ...that St Paul's Church in Hooton has been described as "unquestionably one of the most spectacular churches of Cheshire"?
 * ...that while there are over 1,300 Iron Age hill forts in England, Kelsborrow Castle is one of only seven in Cheshire?
 * ...that Chester Racecourse, built on the site of a blocked harbour in 1533, is the oldest horse racing course in England?

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