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Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 88. Chapters: Chester Castle, Jodrell Bank Observatory, Lyme Park, Llangollen Canal, Norton Priory, Chester Cathedral, Chester Zoo, Tabley House, Arley Hall, Adlington Hall, Delamere Forest, Chester Rows, Tatton Park, Macclesfield Forest, Tegg's Nose, Tatton Hall, Beeston Castle, Creamfields, Little Moreton Hall, Tatton Park Gardens, Catalyst, Shropshire Union Canal, Tirley Garth, Bishop Lloyd's House, Cholmondeley Castle, Chester city walls, Lion Salt Works, Tatton Park Flower Show, National Waterways Museum, Ellesmere Port, Marches Way, Quarry Bank Mill, Tatton Old Hall, The Bridestones, White Nancy, The Brindley, Places of interest in Cheshire, Recreational walks in Cheshire, Chester High Cross, Hack Green Secret Nuclear Bunker, Hale Duck Decoy, Blue Planet Aquarium, Lamaload Reservoir, Bishop Bennet Way, Hare Hill, Paddington Meadows, Nether Alderley Mill, Hatchmere, Windgather Rocks. Excerpt: Norton Priory is a historic site in Norton, Runcorn, Cheshire, England, comprising the remains of an abbey complex dating from the 12th to 16th centuries, and an 18th-century country house; it is now a museum. The remains are a scheduled ancient monument and have been designated by English Heritage as a Grade I listed building. They are considered to be the most important monastic remains in Cheshire. The priory was established as an Augustinian foundation in the 12th century, and was raised to the status of an abbey in 1391. The abbey was closed in 1536, as part of the dissolution of the monasteries. Nine years later the surviving structures, together with the manor of Norton, were purchased by Sir Richard Brooke, who built a Tudor house on the site, incorporating part of the abbey. This was replaced in the 18th century by a Georgian house. The Brooke family left the house in 1921, and it was partially demolished in 1928. In 1966 the s...
