Image: Sandstone carving of 'Cheshire Cat', St Wilfrid's Church, Grappenhall
Description: Photograph of the 16th century, sandstone carving of a grinning w:Cheshire Cat on the west wall of w:St Wilfrid's Church tower, w:Grappenhall, w:Warrington, Cheshire. Said to have been Lewis Carroll's (Charles Lutwidge Dodgson's) inspiration for the Cheshire Cat character in his children's book- Alice's Adventures in Wonderland. Carroll's birthplace of w:Daresbury is adjacent to the village of Grappenhall, Warrington, Cheshire
Title: Sandstone carving of 'Cheshire Cat', St Wilfrid's Church, Grappenhall
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Author: Mary Anne Pierson
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