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...that the 63 Sites of Special Scientific Interest in Cheshire include diverse wetlands, such as mosses (pictured), swamps, fens, meres, ponds and rare examples of inland salt marsh?

...that Arthur Dodd, a British prisoner of war during World War II, was an eye-witness to the horrors of Auschwitz?

...that when George Booth built Booth Mansion in Chester, he angled the building to make it more visible from Chester Cross, but was fined £10 for encroaching into the street?

...that John Wesley preached in the kitchen of Gates Farm in Cholmondeston?

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