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	County Town: Chester County Population: 1,000,000 (estimate)
	Bordered by the Pennine Hills in the north and the Peak District National Park in the east, Cheshire is generally low-lying and flat. Flowing from north Wales, the River Dee forms most of the border between Cheshire and Wales.
	Although northern Cheshire is highly industrialised, the rest of the county is largely agricultural with pleasant countryside, and several notable historic sites. There are numerous small lakes or meres, formed by glaciation during the last Ice Age, to be found toward the east of the county. Iron Age hill forts and Bronze Age copper and lead mines are scattered throughout the area.
	The Roman fortress town of Chester was founded in about 50 AD to protect England from the Welsh. It was the last town to yield to William the Conqueror during the Norman invasion and remained a county palatine (feudal province) with its own parliament, until the 16th century. During the Civil War, Chester became the headquarters of the royalist forces until its surrender in 1646. Chester is now a city and the administrative centre of Cheshire.
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