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St Mary and All Saints' Church, Great Budworth

...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's 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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