Counties of the UK: Cheshire

This is the next instalment of a new monthly feature going through the Counties of the UK in alphabetical order to check out things of interest.  I hope you enjoy it

Cheshire is a mostly rural county with about a million people living there.

Location – Cheshire is bordered on the left by the top bit of Wales. It is in the north west of England. It also has borders with a lot of other counties.

Pronounciation – Chesh + eer

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County seat – Chester, but the largest town is Warrington

Unusual village names – Broadbottom, Over Peover

Flower – Cuckooflower

Signature foods – Cheshire cheese, of course.  Said to be the oldest English cheese. Came wrapped in cloths which had a grinning cat on it.  This lead to Lewis Carroll's grinning like a Cheshire cat.  Cheshire Pork Pie.

Famous places to visit – Little Moreton Hall, Chester Cathedral, Tabley House, Lyme Park

Famous people from Cheshire –, Ian Botham, Paula Radcliffe, Gary Barlow, Lewis Carroll, Daniel Craig, George Vernon, Dukes of Westminster

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