User:Peter I. Vardy/DYK/Archive 2

On 20 February, 2008, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Chester Town Hall, which you created or substantially expanded. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.

...that after the Chester Town Hall (pictured) was officially opened in 1869 in Chester, England to replace an earlier building burnt down in 1862, another fire destroyed the council chamber in 1897?

On 3 March, 2008, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Chester Cathedral, which you created or substantially expanded. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.

...that when Chester Cathedral (pictured) was restored by Sir George Gilbert Scott in the 19th century, its exterior was almost completely recased in Runcorn sandstone?

On 5 March, 2008, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Peckforton Castle, which you created or substantially expanded. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.

...that although Peckforton Castle in Cheshire was built as a family home in 1850, it mimicked a Norman castle in design and position?

On 13 March, 2008, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Chester Castle, which you created or substantially expanded. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.

...that much of medieval Chester Castle (pictured) was rebuilt in neoclassical style by architect Thomas Harrison around 1800?

On 14 March, 2008, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article St John the Evangelist's Church, Sandiway , which you created or substantially expanded. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.

...that St John the Evangelist's Church in the village of Sandiway, Cheshire, was designed by John Douglas who had been born in the village and who was lord of the manor of Sandiway?

On 16 March, 2008, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Oakmere Hall, which you created or substantially expanded. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.

...that Oakmere Hall in Cheshire was built for John and Thomas Johnson of Runcorn but they became bankrupt before it was completed and the house was sold to a Liverpool merchant?

On 19 March, 2008, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article St Alkmund's Church, Whitchurch, which you created or substantially expanded. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.

...that, buried in the porch of St Alkmund's Church, Whitchurch (pictured), is the heart of John Talbot, 1st Earl of Shrewsbury, who was killed at the Battle of Castillon in 1453?

On 20 March, 2008, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Grosvenor Museum, which you created or substantially expanded. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.

...that the creation of Grosvenor Museum, Chester (pictured) was inspired by a society formed by Charles Kingsley, who was at that time a canon of Chester Cathedral?

On 27 March, 2008, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Church of St. James the Great, Haydock, which you created or substantially expanded. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.

...that the Church of St James the Great, Haydock, Merseyside was built with timber framing because its flexibility would provide greater protection against possible mining subsidence?

On 28 March, 2008, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Catalyst (museum), which you created or substantially expanded. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.

...that when Catalyst museum (pictured) in Widnes, Cheshire was opened in 1989, it was the world's first museum devoted to the chemicals industry?

On 5 April, 2008, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Saighton Grange Gatehouse, which you created or substantially expanded. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.

On 5 April, 2008, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Ince Manor, which you created or substantially expanded. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.

...that Ince Manor and Saighton Grange Gatehouse are the only two surviving monastic manorial buildings in Cheshire, UK?

On 6 April, 2008, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Chorley Old Hall, which you created or substantially expanded. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.

...that Chorley Old Hall, the oldest inhabited country house in Cheshire, consists of two ranges, one medieval (c.1300) (pictured), the other Elizabethan (mid-16th century)?

On 15 April, 2008, Did you know? was updated with facts from the articles Peover Hall, and Peover Hall Stable Block, which you created or substantially expanded. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.

...that while Peover Hall in Cheshire, England (pictured), is a Grade II* listed building, its stable block is listed Grade I because of its elaborate internal architecture?

On 21 April, 2008, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Warrington Town Hall, which you created or substantially expanded. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.

...that the gates (pictured) of Warrington Town Hall, Cheshire, erected in 1895, had been shown at the 1862 International Exhibition in London?

On 30 April, 2008, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Runcorn Town Hall, which you created or substantially expanded. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.

... that Runcorn Town Hall (pictured) was originally built as Halton Grange, a mansion for Thomas Johnson, a local soap and alkali manufacturer?

On 1 May, 2008, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Grosvenor Park, Chester, which you created or substantially expanded. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.

... that in Grosvenor Park, in the city of Chester, is an archway which had been in the city's St Michael's Church?

On 5 May, 2008, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article St Peter's Church, Heysham, which you created or substantially expanded. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.

... that in St Peter's Church, Heysham, Lancashire, is a Viking hogback stone, and in the churchyard is the base of an Anglo-Saxon cross (pictured)?

On 11 May, 2008, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Holy Trinity Church, Warrington, which you created or substantially expanded. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.

... that in Holy Trinity Church, Warrington, is a brass chandelier which formerly hung in St Stephen's Chapel in the British House of Commons?

On 21 July, 2008, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Norton Priory, which you created or substantially expanded. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.

... that the excavation at Norton Priory, Cheshire, in the 1970s revealed the largest floor of mosaic tiles to be found in any modern excavation?

On 26 August, 2008, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Port of Runcorn, which you created or substantially expanded. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.

... that the Port of Runcorn in Cheshire, England, was an independent customs port for two separate periods before becoming part of the Port of Manchester in 1894? - Joint nomination with WikiProject Greater Manchester.

On 29 August, 2008, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Bridgewater House, Runcorn, which you created or substantially expanded. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.

... that Bridgewater House, Runcorn, Cheshire, was built for the Duke of Bridgewater when he was supervising the building of the Bridgewater Canal in the 1760s, and is now used as offices?

On 31 August, 2008, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Knowsley Hall, which you created or substantially expanded. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.

... that the 13th Earl of Derby established a private menagerie in the 19th century in the grounds of Knowsley Hall in Merseyside, where the 18th Earl opened a public safari park in the 20th century?

On 5 September, 2008, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Tatton Hall, which you created or substantially expanded. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.

... that in Tatton Hall, Cheshire, (pictured) are ten full-length portraits of the Cheshire gentlemen who met in 1715 and decided to support King George I rather than James Stuart in the first Jacobite rebellion?

On 7 September, 2008, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Thomas Farnolls Pritchard, which you created or substantially expanded. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.

...that Thomas Farnolls Pritchard, an architect from Shrewsbury, England, designed the first iron bridge in the world (pictured)?