Portal:Cheshire/Did you know/23


 * ...that the bend in the street occupied by Regent House (pictured) in Nantwich follows the line of the outer wall of the town's Norman castle?
 * ...that Tom Brittleton is the oldest footballer ever to play a competitive match for Sheffield Wednesday?
 * ...that Hugh Grosvenor, 1st Duke of Westminster persuaded architect John Douglas to add half-timbering to his stone and brick design for 2–18 St Werburgh Street, Chester?
 * ...that Maiden Castle, an Iron Age hill fort in Cheshire, is so-called because it is thought never to have been taken in battle?

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