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river_n 135_o st._n andrews_n 188_o aberdeen_n 188_o albany_n a_o hill_n in_o scotland_n 181_o argyle_n 193_o anandale_n 204_o anan_n a_o river_n ibid._n ashburton_n 243_o axminster_n 244_o axi_n a_o river_n ibid._n aven_n a_o river_n 249_o amberly_n castle_n 257_o andreswald_n wood._n 257_o anderida_n 260_o aberdeen_n well_n 188_o b_o bewray_v 108_o bakewel_n 89_o bangor_n 228_o berkshire_n 104_o barkway_n 57_o berwick_n upon_o tweed_n 178_o bath_n in_o somerset_n 37_o battle_n suss_n 261_o bay_n of_o robin-hood_n 123_o beaconsfield_n 3_o beverly_n york_n 152_o bosworth_n leic_a 75_o bourn_n in_o sussex_n 259_o bramyard_n hereford_n 16_o brecknockshire_n and_o brecnock_n 22_o brentford_n 113_o bristol_n 27_o brent_n a_o river_n 131_o burgh_n in_o westmorl_n 210_o buckinghamshire_n 2_o buddesdale_n suff._n 127_o bungay_n 132_o burford_n in_o oxford_n 5_o burntwood_n in_o essex_n 115_o burlip_n hill_n 9_o black_a mountain_n 20_o barnewel_n 58_o bennet_n college_n 61_o bodleian_n library_n 5_o buxton_n well_o 93_o betheny_n 96_o battlefield_n 100_o bone_n well_o 102_o blithe_n a_o river_n 133_o boston_n lincoln_n 144_o barton_n 149_o binchester_n 167_o bamborough_n castle_n 176_o border_n of_o scotland_n 180_o bannock_n a_o scotch_a river_n ibid._n bass_n a_o scotch_a island_n 147_o buqhan_n ibid._n burn_v stone_n 183_o brovonacum_n 210_o bow_n westmorl_n 211_o bremetonacum_n 219_o bala_n pool_n 174_o bridport_n 244_o bear_n 247_o badbury_n 248_o bitchborow_n 272_o c_o caerlegion_n 221_o caermardenshire_n and_o caermarden_n 24_o 25_o cambridgeshire_n 57_o cambridge_n 58_o christ_n college_n 62_o calshot_n castle_n hamp_n 252_o canterbury_n 216_o cardiganshire_n and_o cardigan_n 25_o carlisle_n 206_o caernavenshire_n 227_o chatham_n 218_o clemsford_n 115_o chepstow_n 21_o cheshire_n 219_o chester_n 221_o chichester_n 255_o christ-church_n hamp_n 249_o church-stretton_n shrops_n 101_o ciciter_n glocest_n 8_o cleveland_n york_n 164_o colchester_n 116_o colebrook_n 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