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Marsh helleborine

...that Hatherton Flush, a Site of Special Scientific Interest in Hatherton, supports an abundance of orchids, including the marsh helleborine (pictured), which is rare in Cheshire?
...that one theory suggests that the unique Chester Rows were constructed in the medieval era on top of debris from the ruins of Roman buildings?
...that although most of the works of Arnold Thornely are in Liverpool and northwest England, he is best known for the Stormont Parliament Buildings in Belfast?
...that the 16th-century 140–142 Hospital Street in Nantwich may stand on the site of the 11th-century Hospital of St Nicholas, which gives the street its name?

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