Portal:Cheshire/Did you know

... that Runcorn Town Hall (pictured) was originally built as Halton Grange, a mansion for Thomas Johnson, a local soap and alkali manufacturer?
...that under the terms of the Bunbury Agreement, the English county of Cheshire would have remained neutral during the English Civil War?
...that the gates of Warrington Town Hall, Cheshire, erected in 1895, had been shown at the 1862 International Exhibition in London?

...that the Tegg's Nose Country Park in Cheshire has a collection of historical quarrying equipment (pictured) recalling its history of quarrying dating back to the 16th century?
...that while Peover Hall in Cheshire, England, is a Grade II* listed building, its stable block is listed Grade I because of its elaborate internal architecture?
...that Chorley Old Hall, the oldest inhabited country house in Cheshire, consists of two ranges, one medieval (c.1300), the other Elizabethan (mid-16th century)?

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