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immortalised by Lewis Carroll in Alice in Wonderland, the origins of the cat are said to go way back in time, and no-one knows where the story of the grinning cat, now always associated with Cheshire

Whitchurch, Wem and Market Drayton all had important cheese markets - indeed, in the early years of the 20th century, more Cheshire cheese was being produced in Shropshire than in Cheshire.

This stunningly beautiful church is known as the 'cathedral of south Cheshire'.

Cheshire and their Welsh allies were in armed revolt, and still were so when Edward died at Farndon in AD924.

One other note of interest is the 'Cheshire black and white' decoration on many of the shop elevations.

The company had around sixteen stores throughout Cheshire, and also operated a fleet of mobile shops which toured the rural areas.

Actually, it is not necessary to climb to the top of the Cloud to get an excellent view across Cheshire.

With Manchester so close, Wilmslow was one of the early centres of nonconformism in east Cheshire; others included Congleton, Macclesfield and Knutsford.

The village was laid out from 1790 by mill owner Samuel Greg to house his mill workers, and was one of a number built in east Cheshire by industrialists.

Although this is Wiltshire, the design is very much Cheshire in style.

Dunham Mill dates back to the medieval period; it was one of only a handful of mills in this part of Cheshire.

The Trent and Mersey Canal never actually linked to the Mersey, but it did make a connection with the Bridgewater Canal in Cheshire which did.

Along here were branches of both national and Cheshire retailers including Dewhurst, the butchers, and Waterworths.

By 1851 the number had risen to 8,339, and by 1951 it was 101,369, making Wallasey the third largest town in Cheshire.

Despite being used by Parliamentarian soldiers during the Civil War as a site from which to bombard Nantwich, Dorfold Hall fortunately survives as one of the finest houses of its period in Cheshire.

Traditionally Nantwich was the most important of Cheshire's three salt towns, although salt production ceased here in the 1800s.

Today the company has grown considerably - it now has 18 shops in Cheshire and Staffordshire, and employs over 300 people.

The latter is now used by the Mid Cheshire College.

An old village on the Cheshire side of the Manchester Ship Canal, Flixton was developed as a residential suburb of Manchester.

A stone carving on the tower might have inspired Lewis Carroll's Cheshire cat, as his father, the Reverend Dodgson, often visited St Wilfrid's.

Although this is Wiltshire, the design of these houses is very much Cheshire in style.

The doorway is one of the oldest in Cheshire, and is famous for the zigzag patterns and beaked heads carved on the arch.

DunhamMassey is now part of Greater Manchester, although it was still in Cheshire at the time this photograph was taken.

Pevsner must have liked it, however - he called it 'one of the most spectacular churches in Cheshire'.