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The name Roodee for Chester Racecourse in Chester, England, is a corruption of its earlier name, Rood eye, thought to mean Island of the Cross. It is derived from a combination of the Saxon word ‘rood’ for ‘cross’, and the Norse ‘eye’, meaning ‘island’. The racecourse sits on the banks of the River Dee and much of it was under Read more...
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Joy Division lead singer Ian Curtis died at his home on Barton Street in Macclesfield, Cheshire on 18th May 1980, aged 23 years old. Curtis committed suicide in the early hours of the morning by hanging himself using a washing line in the kitchen of the house. Joy Division had been due to leave the UK that day for the Read more...
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The nearest hotel to Cheshire Oaks Outlet Village is the Travelodge Cheshire Oaks situated on the Coliseum Leisure Park next to the retail park. Read more...
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British musician and comedy actor George Formby is buried in the Roman Catholic Section B of Warrington Cemetery on Manchester Road in Warrington, Cheshire. Famed ukulele player Formby, whose real name was George Hoy Booth, died on 6 March 1961, aged 56. He is buried with his parents, George and Eliza, in a grave that was already marked with a Read more...