How Cheshire became the social epicentre of Britain – just ask Andy Burnham

But there’s also the other, more ‘county’ Cheshire. You have the Ashbrooks over at Arley Hall, the Greys at High Legh, the Brooks at Peover Hall and the Callander Becketts at Combermere Abbey. ‘A lot of people who are great fun,’ says Nick – which is the quintessential Cheshire vibe.

Sarah Callander Beckett, who returned to take over her childhood home in her forties after running Bernard and Laura Ashley’s public relations in New York for 13 years (and fraternising with the…