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On January 24, 2007, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Round Tower Lodge, which you created or substantially expanded. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the "Did you know?" talk page.

• ...that the Round Tower in Sandiway, Cheshire, was originally the gate lodge of the great house of Vale Royal Abbey?

On January 24, 2007, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Robert Spear Hudson (businessman), which you created or substantially expanded. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the "Did you know?" talk page.

• ...that Robert Spear Hudson used paintings by professional artists for advertising before Pear's Soap and Lever Brothers?

On 27 January 2007, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Thomas Brassey, which you created or substantially expanded. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the "Did you know?" talk page.

• ...that in his lifetime, Thomas Brassey was involved in building one-third of the railway built in the United Kingdom and in one-twentieth of the railway built in the world?

On 20 February 2007, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Grand Crimean Central Railway, which you created or substantially expanded. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the "Did you know?" talk page.

• ...that the Grand Crimean Central Railway was built very rapidly in 1855 enabling heavy ammunition to be transported to the Allied troops to end the siege of Sevastopol in the Crimean War?

On March 1, 2007, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Hall Caine, which you created or substantially expanded. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the "Did you know?" talk page.

• ...that The Christian by Hall Caine (published 1897) was the first novel in Britain to sell over a million copies?

On 14 March 2007, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article George Ormerod, which you created or substantially expanded. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the "Did you know?" talk page.

• ...that George Ormerod, an English antiquarian and historian, was responsible for organising the restoration of the Saxon crosses in Sandbach in Cheshire, England in 1816?

On 12 April 2007, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article All Saints' Church, Daresbury, which you created or substantially expanded. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the "Did you know?" talk page.

• ...that All Saints' Church in Daresbury, Cheshire has stained glass panels (pictured) depicting characters from Alice in Wonderland?

On April 13, 2007, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Arley Hall, which you created or substantially expanded. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the "Did you know?" talk page.

• ...that British television programmes including Cluedo and The Forsythe Saga were partly filmed at Arley Hall

On 20 July 2007, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article St Peter's Church, Plemstall, which you created or substantially expanded. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.

• ...St Peter's Church, Plemstall in Cheshire, England, is built on the site of a hermitage occupied by Plegmund who was later the Archbishop of Canterbury?

On 2 August 2007, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article St James' and St Paul's Church, Marton, which you created or substantially expanded. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.

• ..that St James' and St Paul's Church, Marton (pictured) in Cheshire, England, is one of the oldest timber-framed churches in Europe?

On 12 October 2007, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Sir Peter Leycester, 1st Baronet, which you created or substantially expanded. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.

• ...that the 1673 history of Cheshire by Sir Peter Leycester (pictured) questioned Amicia Mainwaring's legitimacy, leading to a "paper war" of 15 pamphlets with the Mainwaring family?

On 19 October 2007, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article St Lawrence's Church, Stoak, which you created or substantially expanded. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.

• ...that St Lawrence's Church, a listed building in Stoak, Cheshire, England, has a Tudor hammerbeam roof, a Jacobean altar, a Georgian pulpit, an Elizabethan chalice and chairs from the time of Charles II?

On 25 October 2007, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Randle Holme, which you created or substantially expanded. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.

• ...that Randle Holme III of Chester painted memorial boards 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?

On November 6, 2007, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article William Charles Cotton, which you created or substantially expanded. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.

• ...that Rev William Cotton, vicar of Frodsham, Cheshire, introduced the skills of beekeeping to New Zealand in the 1840s?

On 2 December 2007, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Christ Church, Macclesfield, which you created or substantially expanded. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.

• ...that Christ Church in Macclesfield (pictured) was built by Charles Roe for the Rev. David Simpson, because he had been denied a curacy in another church?

On 2 December 2007, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article David Simpson (priest), which you created or substantially expanded. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.

• ...that Christ Church in Macclesfield (pictured) was built by Charles Roe for the Rev. David Simpson, because he had been denied a curacy in another church?

On 21 December 2007, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article St Mary's Church, Cheadle, which you created or substantially expanded. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.

• ...that St Mary's Church in Cheadle, Greater Manchester, England, a Grade I listed building, was built in the 16th century and houses a stone cross dating to the 11th century?

On 23 December 2007, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article All Saints Church, Marple, which you created or substantially expanded. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.

• ...that when the old All Saints Church, Marple was replaced by a new church 30 metres away in 1880, the tower from the old church was retained and is now used as a free-standing bell-tower?

On 24 December 2007, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article St. Thomas' Church, Mellor, which you created or substantially expanded. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.

• ...that St. Thomas' Church, Mellor (pictured) contains a pulpit which is the oldest wooden pulpit in England, and possibly in the world?

On 26 December 2007, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article St Hilary's Church, Wallasey, which you created or substantially expanded. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.

• ...that when St Hilary's Church in Wallasey, England burnt down in 1857, a new church was built separately, leaving the tower of the old medieval church as a free-standing edifice?

On 27 December 2007, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article St Werburgh's Church, Warburton, which you created or substantially expanded. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.

• ...that there are two separate churches dedicated to St Werburgh in the village of Warburton, Greater Manchester?

On 15 January 2008, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article St John the Evangelist's Church, Weston, which you created or substantially expanded. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.

• ...that St John the Evangelist's Church, Weston, Runcorn, Cheshire is known as "The Choirboys' Church" because its choirboys wrote thousands of letters to raise money to build it?

On 17 January 2008, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article St Barnabas' Church, Bromborough, which you created or substantially expanded. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.

• ...that St Barnabas' Church (pictured), completed in Bromborough, England in 1864, has been called a "well-designed example of the work" of its architect, Sir George Gilbert Scott?

On 22 January 2008, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Church of St Morwenna and St John the Baptist, Morwenstow, which you created or substantially expanded. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.

• ...that in the churchyard of Morwenstow Church is the preserved figurehead of the Scottish brig The Caledonia, which was shipwrecked nearby in 1843?

On 7 February 2008, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article St. Mary's Church, Widnes, which you created or substantially expanded. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.

• ...that St Mary's Church, Widnes has a wayside pulpit (pictured) incorporated into its boundary wall?

On 20 February 2008, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Chester Town Hall, which you created or substantially expanded. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.

• ...that after the Chester Town Hall (pictured) was officially opened in 1869 in Chester, England to replace an earlier building burnt down in 1862, another fire destroyed the council chamber in 1897?

On 3 March 2008, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Chester Cathedral, which you created or substantially expanded. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.

• ...that when Chester Cathedral (pictured) was restored by Sir George Gilbert Scott in the 19th century, its exterior was almost completely recased in Runcorn sandstone?

On 5 March 2008, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Peckforton Castle, which you created or substantially expanded. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.

• ...that although Peckforton Castle in Cheshire was built as a family home in 1850, it mimicked a Norman castle in design and position?

On 13 March 2008, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Chester Castle, which you created or substantially expanded. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.

• ...that much of medieval Chester Castle (pictured) was rebuilt in neoclassical style by architect Thomas Harrison around 1800?

On 14 March 2008, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article St John the Evangelist's Church, Sandiway , which you created or substantially expanded. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.

• ...that St John the Evangelist's Church in the village of Sandiway, Cheshire, was designed by John Douglas who had been born in the village and who was lord of the manor of Sandiway?

On 16 March 2008, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Oakmere Hall, which you created or substantially expanded. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.

• ...that Oakmere Hall in Cheshire was built for John and Thomas Johnson of Runcorn but they became bankrupt before it was completed and the house was sold to a Liverpool merchant?

On 19 March 2008, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article St Alkmund's Church, Whitchurch, which you created or substantially expanded. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.

• ...that, buried in the porch of St Alkmund's Church, Whitchurch (pictured), is the heart of John Talbot, 1st Earl of Shrewsbury, who was killed at the Battle of Castillon in 1453?

On 20 March 2008, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Grosvenor Museum, which you created or substantially expanded. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.

• ...that the creation of Grosvenor Museum, Chester (pictured) was inspired by a society formed by Charles Kingsley, who was at that time a canon of Chester Cathedral?

On 27 March 2008, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Church of St. James the Great, Haydock, which you created or substantially expanded. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.

• ...that the Church of St James the Great, Haydock, Merseyside was built with timber framing because its flexibility would provide greater protection against possible mining subsidence?

On 28 March 2008, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Catalyst (museum), which you created or substantially expanded. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.

• ...that when Catalyst museum (pictured) in Widnes, Cheshire was opened in 1989, it was the world's first museum devoted to the chemicals industry?

On 5 April 2008, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Saighton Grange Gatehouse, which you created or substantially expanded. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.

On 5 April 2008, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Ince Manor, which you created or substantially expanded. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.

• ...that Ince Manor and Saighton Grange Gatehouse are the only two surviving monastic manorial buildings in Cheshire, UK?

On 6 April 2008, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Chorley Old Hall, which you created or substantially expanded. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.

• ...that Chorley Old Hall, the oldest inhabited country house in Cheshire, consists of two ranges, one medieval (c.1300) (pictured), the other Elizabethan (mid-16th century)?

On 15 April 2008, Did you know? was updated with facts from the articles Peover Hall, and Peover Hall Stable Block, which you created or substantially expanded. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.

• ...that while Peover Hall in Cheshire, England (pictured), is a Grade II* listed building, its stable block is listed Grade I because of its elaborate internal architecture?

On 21 April 2008, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Warrington Town Hall, which you created or substantially expanded. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.

• ...that the gates (pictured) of Warrington Town Hall, Cheshire, erected in 1895, had been shown at the 1862 International Exhibition in London?

On 30 April 2008, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Runcorn Town Hall, which you created or substantially expanded. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.

• ... that Runcorn Town Hall (pictured) was originally built as Halton Grange, a mansion for Thomas Johnson, a local soap and alkali manufacturer?

On 1 May 2008, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Grosvenor Park, Chester, which you created or substantially expanded. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.

• ... that in Grosvenor Park, in the city of Chester, is an archway which had been in the city's St Michael's Church?

On 5 May 2008, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article St Peter's Church, Heysham, which you created or substantially expanded. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.

• ... that in St Peter's Church, Heysham, Lancashire, is a Viking hogback stone, and in the churchyard is the base of an Anglo-Saxon cross (pictured)?

On 11 May 2008, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Holy Trinity Church, Warrington, which you created or substantially expanded. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.

• ... that in Holy Trinity Church, Warrington, is a brass chandelier which formerly hung in St Stephen's Chapel in the British House of Commons?