Portal:Cheshire/Did you know/29


 * ...that the listed buildings of Marbury cum Quoisley include an obelisk, a lychgate (pictured), a churchyard wall, and half a bridge?
 * ...that the porch of Macclesfield Castle, dating from the reign of Henry II and the only standing part of the castle, was replaced by cottages and shops in 1932?
 * ...that St Oswald's Chambers in Chester was built on land purchased by the architect John Douglas to enhance the view towards Chester Cathedral?
 * ...that Delamere Forest is the remnant of the Norman hunting forests of Mara and Mondrem, which once covered over 60 sqmi of Cheshire?

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