Portal:Cheshire/Did you know/35

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...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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