the cheshire cat is a species of cat native to cheshire england? true or false? false the cheshire cat is a fictional character made up by lewis carroll in the book alice in wonderland "There are many reports that Carroll found inspiration for the name and expression of the Cheshire Cat in the 16th century sandstone carving of a grinning cat, on the west face of St. Wilfrid's Church tower in Grappenhall, a village adjacent to his birthplace" (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cheshire_Cat) the cat in the story alice in wonderland can disappear and reappear as it pleases and engages Alice in amusment but usualy starts vexing conversations. The cat sometimes raises philosophical points that annoy or confuse alice the cheshire cat is seen in many church carvings and cheese moulds and allways has a huge smile on its face thus creating the phrase "grinning larger than a cheshire cat" other origens of the cat have said to be from a gargoyle "Others[who?] have attributed it to a gargoyle found on a pillar in St. Nicolas Church, Cranleigh, where Carroll used to travel frequently when he lived in Guildford (though this is doubtful as he moved to Guildford some three years after Alice's Adventures in Wonderland had been published) and a carving in a church in the village of Croft-on-Tees, in the north east of England, where his father had been rector.
St. Christopher's church in Potthead Shrigley, Cheshire, is believed to have been visited by Carroll and has a stone sculpture most closely resembling the pictorial cat in the book."(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cheshire_Cat) all this evidence proves that the cheshire cat is not a species of cat native to cheshire england it is only a fictional charactor created by lewis carroll that resembles a cat found in stone carvings and or a gargoyle statue at st. nicolas church in cranleigh i know this was a random topic but i found it interesting while writting my other blog for english
