Leasowe Castle is thought to have been built in about 1593 by Ferdinando, 5th earl of Derby. After the demolition of the old Exchequer Buildings at Westminster in 1836 some of the oak panelling from Star Chamber was used to panel the room shown in the photograph .

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The main body of the cathedral is in the Perpendicular Gothic style, and it is one of fifteen Grade I listed buildings in Manchester.

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This early 16th-century timber-framed manor house in Bolton, Lancashire, is now used as a museum.

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John Mainwaring lived at Over Peover in Cheshire and died in 1410.

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A country house, built in the early 18th century, near the village of Siddington in Cheshire.

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Victoria Baths opened in 1906, and was once described as "the most splendid municipal bathing institution in the country". After winning the BBC's Restoration programme in 2003 the baths have been partially restored.

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The bridge was completed in 1905, and crossed the river Mersey and Manchester Ship Canal linking the towns of Runcorn and Widnes; image reproduced with permission of Cheshire Archives and Local Studies.

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Mandate of John Till, Prior Provincial of the Order of Dominicans in England, in favour of William, Prior of Cartmel, promising prayers for William on his deathbed and, on his death, prayers for his soul, 15 August 1418. From the Hulton archive: DDHU53/3. Reproduced with permission of Lancashire Archives.

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The garden village of Port Sunlight was built as a home for workers at the nearby Sunlight Soap factory owned by Lord Leverhulme.

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The effects of brine extraction in the Northwich area caused numerous incidents of subsidence, including this landslip. The mines have now been stabilised, enabling extensive rebuilding in the town centre.

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