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and_o cole_n a_o river_n 113_o columpton_n 233_o cornwall_n 240_o coventry_n 72_o cow_n in_o isle_n of_o wight_n 252_o cumberland_n 205_o coleshil_n 74_o colne_n a_o river_n 2_o cherwel_o a_o river_n 3_o cotsall_n hill_n 6_o churn_n a_o river_n 8_o corinium_n dobunorum_n ibid._n caer-gloyn_a 9_o caergorangon_n 14_o cadier_n arthur_n 22_o cardiff_n town_n 23_o cave_n near_a carreg_n castle_n 25_o chorea_fw-la gigantum_fw-la 40_o caer-gwent_a 45_o cam_n a_o river_n 58_o camboricum_n 59_o christ-church_n oxford_n 5_o carleton_n 77_o castle_n in_o the_o peak_n and_o castleton_n 90_o chatsworth_n 94_o caerpengren_n 100_o corve_fw-la a_o river_n 101_o chelmer_n a_o river_n 115_o can_n a_o river_n ibid._n cerdick_n sand._n 134_o castor_n 135_o caerludecote_n 146_o caer_n ebrank_n 154_o coal_n mine_n 127_o chester_n on_o the_o street_n alias_o cunacester_n 170_o capri_n caput_fw-la 171_o coquet_n a_o river_n 175_o cheriot_n hill_n 180_o clayd_v a_o river_n in_o scotl._n ibid._n carrick_n 181_o cumbernauld_n park_n ibid._n camelon_n a_o city_n 202_o carron_n a_o river_n ibid._n copper_n mine_n 205_o