Portal:Cheshire/Did you know/21

• ...that Sankey Valley Park, Warrington (pictured) follows the course of the historical Sankey Canal, England's first canal?

• ...that Ranulf le Meschin ruled Cumberland before becoming Earl of Chester in 1120?

• ...that in 1663, Roger Wilbraham organised the replacement of Nantwich Bridge, and the new bridge was completed in time for his son to be the first corpse carried across it?

• ...that the medieval bylaw that states any Welshman loitering within Chester city walls after sunset may be shot with a longbow has never been officially repealed?

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