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 * ...that St Mary and All Saints' Church (pictured) in Great Budworth is considered by architectural historian Nikolaus Pevsner to be "one of the most satisfactory Perpendicular churches in Cheshire"?
 * ...that Shotwick Hall was built in 1662, replacing an earlier manor house on a nearby moated site?
 * ...that the Four Counties Ring is a canal ring linking the counties of Cheshire, Staffordshire, Shropshire, and the West Midlands?
 * ...that Thomas Harrison first commission was for Skerton Bridge, the first large public bridge in England to have a flat roadway, and his last commission was for Grosvenor Bridge, which has the longest masonry arch in Britain?

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