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landed, and established a camp or fortress at Mickley 

 Hill, the mound, now covered with fir trees, which marks 

 the point where the Bollin enters. Up to about 1855, 

 or before the water was so defiled, the Mersey at this 

 part, and more particularly near Statham, was to the 

 sportsman supremely attractive. It was visited in the 

 winter by many curious birds, including the sheldrake, 

 the widgeon, the teal, and occasionally the wild swan. 

 Lymm village contains several objects of archaeological 

 interest. Near the centre are the remains of an ancient 

 cross, the lower steps of which are cut out of the 

 solid rock; and close by, upon an eminence, is Lymm 

 Hall, an ancient building, once, like most others of its 

 kind, protected by a moat. Lymm church tower is as 

 high above the sea-level at the base as Bowdon old 

 tower is at the top. The shrubs in the gardens, owing to 

 the altitude, are often reached, in tempestuous weather, 

 by the salt of the Irish Sea. Near Lymm there are many 

 other very interesting places. Oughtrington Hall and 

 Agden Hall, in the Dunham direction; High Legh, with 

 its ancient and beautiful little church, covered with ivy; 

 and Warburton, again noted for its church, are all, in their 

 respective ways, full of attraction. Warburton church is 

 one of the three in Cheshire which, as at Peover, were 

 built in the quaint old "black and white" or "magpie" 

 style. Only a portion, however, of the original remains 

 at Warburton, new structures, very odd in complexion, 

 having been added at various times. The stone part is 

 dated 1645, the tower, about a century old, and 

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