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2 unusual facts about Knutsford


Jack in the green

Revivals of the custom have occurred in various parts of England; Jacks in the Green have been seen in Bristol, Oxford and Knutsford, among other places.

Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment

Traveller's Tales in Knutsford, England, founded in 1989, reorganized as division of TT Games in 2005


Arthur Stanley, 5th Baron Sheffield

In the 1923 General election he stood unsuccessfully as Liberal candidate for Knutsford, losing by 80 votes to Conservative, Sir Ernest Makins.

Listed buildings in Brereton, Cheshire

It is in cast iron and consists of a cylindrical post with a curved plate inscribed with the distances in miles to Church Lawton, Newcastle, Holmes Chapel, Knutsford, Warrington, and Liverpool.

Nick Leslau

After Knutsford; in February 2001 Leslau set up private company Prestbury Investment Holdings, funded by HBOS and Sir Tom Hunter, with whom he has since done a number of Scottish based joint ventures with Hunter's West Coast Capital.

Stackton Tressel

Stackton Tressel (or simply Stackton) was said to be in Suffolk though location filming for the TV Series of Dear Ladies took place in the Cheshire towns and villages of Knutsford, Great Budworth and Nantwich.


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