▁Middle wich , ▁and ▁W ins ford ▁Guardian . ▁ ▁There ▁is ▁a ▁May ▁Day ▁custom , ▁still ▁observed ▁today , ▁of ▁" s and ing ▁the ▁streets " ▁in ▁Kn uts ford . ▁The ▁streets ▁are ▁decor ated ▁with ▁col oured ▁s ands ▁in ▁patterns ▁and ▁pictures . ▁ ▁Trad ition ▁has ▁it ▁that ▁King ▁C nut , ▁while ▁for ding ▁the ▁River ▁L ily , ▁threw ▁sand ▁from ▁his ▁sho es ▁into ▁the ▁path ▁of ▁a ▁wed ding ▁party , ▁wish ing ▁the ▁newly ▁wed ▁as ▁many ▁children ▁as ▁the ▁gra ins ▁of ▁sand ▁at ▁their ▁feet . ▁The ▁custom ▁can ▁be ▁trac ed ▁to ▁the ▁late ▁ 1 6 0 0 s . ▁Queen ▁Victoria , ▁in ▁her ▁journal ▁of ▁ 1 8 3 2 ▁recorded : ▁" we ▁arrived ▁at ▁Kn uts ford , ▁where ▁we ▁were ▁most ▁civil ly ▁received , ▁the ▁streets ▁being ▁sand ed ▁in ▁shapes ▁which ▁is ▁peculiar ▁to ▁this ▁town ". ▁ ▁Kn uts ford ▁was ▁the ▁model ▁for ▁Elizabeth ▁G askell ' s ▁novel ▁C ran ford . ▁She ▁lived ▁in ▁the ▁town ▁for ▁some ▁time , ▁on ▁what ▁is ▁now ▁known ▁as ▁G askell ▁Avenue , ▁and ▁she ▁is ▁buried ▁in ▁the ▁Un itar ian ▁Chap el ▁gra vey ard . ▁Many ▁of ▁the ▁places ▁and ▁people ▁described ▁in ▁her ▁books ▁can ▁be ▁identified ▁as ▁being ▁based ▁on ▁places ▁and ▁people ▁in ▁the ▁town . ▁In ▁ 2 0 0 7 ▁the ▁BBC ▁adapted ▁the ▁novel ▁and ▁produced ▁a ▁popular ▁TV ▁series