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Knutsford By Olivia Martin What did Knutsford used to look like King Canute Danish King of England circa 9941035 who supposedly forded the Lily stream thus giving us Cunetesford as it appears in the ID: 541089 Download Presentation
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Historic
Knutsford
By
Olivia
MartinSlide2
What did Knutsford used to look like?Slide3
King CanuteDanish King of England, circa 994-1035, who supposedly 'forded' the Lily stream, thus giving us
Cunetesford as it appears in the Domesday Book. An impressive mosaic can be seen at Canute Place.Slide4
Who used to live in knutsford?
Knutsford has been home to many famous people
including the author Elizabeth Gaskell who wrote Cranford and many other novels, Henry Royce the
engineer who in partnership with Charles Rolls created
Rolls Royce Motor Cars, Richard Harding Watt responsible
for the town’s Italianate buildings, Trumpet Major Smith
of Charge of the Light Brigade fame, and quite a few
others. The notorious Highwayman Higgins also lived in
Knutsford
.Slide5
More interesting factsEgerton. William Egerton started building the present Hall in 1790. It contains many beautiful rooms, including the Music and Drawing rooms which are in red and gold with huge chandeliers. The Hall is surrounded by an estate covering an area of almost five square miles. The last of the family, Maurice Egerton, bequeathed Tatton to the National Trust so that it would continue to be maintained after his death in 1958.
The mean age of the Knutsford Cheshire East settlement population is 43 years compared to a mean
age of 42 years for residents in the whole of Cheshire East. The predominant age band in KnutsfordCheshire East settlement is Age 30 to 44 which represents 20.29% of the population.Slide6
Even more interesting factsKnutsford is a town in Cheshire, England, located 14 miles (23 km) southwest of Manchester and 9 miles (14 km) northwest of
Macclesfield. It is situated on the Cheshire Plain, between the Peak District in the South Pennines
to the east and the Clwydian Range in the Welsh mountains to the west
.
Knutsford
is a perfect place for shopping and eating out. A lot of people like
K
nutsford
because of that.Slide7
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School for boys
Rose ‘n’ crown (painting)Slide8
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