User:Peter I. Vardy/DYK


 * ... that God's Providence House (pictured) in Chester, Cheshire, England, probably gained its name because the owners survived the plague of 1647–48?
 * ... that during the English Civil War, Charles I was staying in Gamul House, Chester, Cheshire, (pictured) when his army was defeated at the Battle of Rowton Moor?
 * ... that the Bear and Billet (pictured), now a public house in Chester, Cheshire, England, was originally the town house of the Earls of Shrewsbury?
 * ... that when George Booth built Booth Mansion in Chester, Cheshire, England, he angled the building to make it more visible from Chester Cross, but was fined £10 for encroaching into the street?
 * ... that Crypt Chambers in Chester, Cheshire, England, is a department store built in 1858 above one of the best medieval crypts in the city?
 * ... that when the Water Tower was built in Chester, Cheshire, England, it stood in the River Dee, but due to silting of the river it is now about 200 yd inland?
 * ... that Stanley Palace in Chester, Cheshire, was built as a town house in 1597, has since been apartments, a boys' school, and a museum, and is now used as an office and meeting rooms?
 * ... that Bonewaldesthorne's Tower (pictured) in Chester city walls, Cheshire, England, was built in the 13th century and used in the 19th–20th centuries as a museum with a camera obscura and an observatory?
 * ... that the Blue Bell in Chester, Cheshire, England, contains a chamber separated from the rest of the building which has been a ticket office for stage coach operators, a soda fountain bar and a barber's shop?
 * ... that in the churchyard of St Mary's Church, Hale, Cheshire, England, is the grave of John Middleton, who was reputed to have been over 9 ft tall?
 * ... that the Church of St Matthew and St James in Liverpool, Merseyside, England, is described in the Buildings of England series as "one of the best Victorian churches in Liverpool"?