Portal:Cheshire/Did you know/35

• ...that in 1613, Sir Roger Wilbraham, Elizabeth I's Solicitor-General for Ireland, founded the first almshouses (pictured) in his birthplace, Nantwich?

• ...that Hockenhull Platts, three bridges on a medieval road, were crossed in 1353 by the Black Prince, in 1698 by Celia Fiennes, and in 1780 by Thomas Pennant?

• ...that the architect John Douglas designed a pair of houses at 31 and 33 Dee Banks, Chester, one for his own use and the other probably as an investment?

• ...that during the Popish Plot, John Plessington was seized at Puddington Old Hall and hanged at Chester Castle in 1679?

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