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...that philosopher Bertrand Russell feared the ridicule of his grandmother, Lady Stanley of Alderley (pictured), best known for defending the "right of women to the highest culture hitherto reserved to men"?
...that there are two war memorials in Crewe, one with a statue of a soldier, and the other with a statue of Britannia?
...that Chester city walls form the most complete circuit of Roman and medieval defensive town walls in Britain?
...that the listed buildings in Dodcott cum Wilkesley include a former monastery, game larder, icehouse, folly with kennels, battlemented water tower, clock tower and a sundial?

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