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 * ...that the 63 Sites of Special Scientific Interest in Cheshire include diverse wetlands, such as mosses (pictured), swamps, fens, meres, ponds and rare examples of inland salt marsh?


 * ...that Arthur Dodd, a British prisoner of war during World War II, was an eye-witness to the horrors of Auschwitz?


 * ...that when George Booth built Booth Mansion in Chester, he angled the building to make it more visible from Chester Cross, but was fined £10 for encroaching into the street?


 * ...that John Wesley preached in the kitchen of Gates Farm in Cholmondeston?

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