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Memorial board in St Mary's Church, Thornton-le-Moors

...that Randle Holme III of Chester painted memorial boards (example pictured) without the permission of the English College of Arms, resulting in its King of Arms, William Dugdale, travelling north on at least three occasions between 1667 and 1670 to destroy them?
...that Ince Manor and Saighton Grange Gatehouse are the only two surviving monastic manorial buildings in Cheshire?
...that the Memorial to John Whitaker stands in the forecourt of the Sunday School that he established in 1814?
...that British television programmes including Cluedo and The Forsythe Saga were partly filmed at Arley Hall?

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