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CODFORD ST. MARY. 621 COGAN. CODFORD ST. MARY, a par in the hund. of Hey- raliury, in the oo. of Wilts, 7 miles S.E. of Wai-minster, aid 3 from Hoytesbury, its post town. It is situated on he river Wiley, and has a railway station on the Wilts .nd Somerset branch of the Great Western line. The iving is a rect.* in the dioe. of Salisbury, val. 306, in .he patron, of St. John's College, Oxford. The church s in the perpendicular style of architecture. The lu- ll-pendents have a chapel and schools. On tlie top of Jodford Hill is Ogbury camp, or circle, covering several icres, and supposed to have been used for heathen rites, lenry Biggs, Esq., of Stockton House, is lord of the nanor. CODFORD ST. PETER, a par. in the huud. of Hey- esbury, in the co. of Wilts, 3 miles S.E. of Heytesbury, ts post town. It has a railway station on the Wilts ind Somerset branch of the Great Western line. The iar. contains the tiishps. of Ashton-Giftbrd and Codford. 1'he living is a rect. * in the dioc. of Salisbury, val. 380, n the patron, of Pembroke College, Oxford. The

-iirli is chiefly in the Norman style of architecture.

rith a stone pulpit. There is a National school. CODHAM HALL, in the hund. of Hinckford, in he co. of Essex, 3 miles N. of Braiutree, and 14 N.E. t Chelmsford. It was at this house, then the seat of ,03, that Butler wrote his satirical poem, called Hudibras." (.'ODICOTE, a par. in the hund. of Cashio, or lib. of -t. Alban's, in the co. of Herts, 3 miles from Welwyn, town and railway station on the Great Northern .ne, and 8 S.E. of Hitchin. It is situated on the high oud between Hatfield and Hitchin, and was formerly a narket town. The living is a vie.* in the dioc. of iochestcr, val. 149, in the patron, of the Archbishop tf Canterbury. The church, dedicated to St. Giles, is n ancient structure, with square tower, and contains a mall chapel called Dacre Chapel. The register com- nences in 1559. The charities produce about 15 per nnurn. There are National schools. In the vicinity re traces of a Roman camp. A fair is held on Whit- CODK OR, a district par. in the par. of Heanor, hund. f Morleston, in the eo. of Derby, 6 miles E. of Belper airway station, and 9 from Derby, its post town. The iving is a perpet. cur. in the dioc. of Lichfield, val. 150, i the patron, of the crown and bishop alternately. The hurch, dedicated to St. James, is a modern stone hiding. The Wesleyan Reformers and Wesleyan Cethodists have places of worship. There are National 'hools, and the parochial charities produce about 12 9r annum. The chief employment of the inhabitants - in the ironstone mines and collieries. CODNOR PARK, an ext. par. place in the hund. of iorleston, in theco. of Derby, 4 miles S.E.'of Alfreton, t has a railway station on the Erewash Valley branch 'f the Midland railway. Codnor Castle, the seat of iichard de Grey in the reign of Henry III., and aftcr-

irds of the Zouches, is now in ruins. Francis Wright,

'.iq., is lord of the manor. There are coal-mines and melting-works, and the land is rich in ironstone and ther minerals. Near the village is Aldercar Hall, a nansion erected in 1668. CODHINGTON, a limit, in the par. of Wapley, in lie lower div. of the hund. of Grumbald's Ash, in the <. of Gloucester, 2 miles S. of Chipping Sodbury. lere is Codrington Court, from which the Codringtons, f Dodington Park, derive their name. The hamlet of 'odrington anciently formed a separate parish. The >rt hounds meet here. 1 'ODSALL, a par. in the southern div. of the hund. Scisdon, in the co. of Stafford, 4 miles N.W. of Wol- rhampton, its post town. It has a station on the iirmingham and Shrewsbury branch of the Great ' '-'Stern railway. The par. includes the tnshp. of > <ken. The living is a perpet. cur. in the dioc. of Lich- -Id, val. 146, in the patron, of Lord Wrottesley. The liurch, dedicated to St. Nicholas, was rebuilt in 1848 . ith the exception of the tower. It is in the early .nglish style. The charities produce about 80 per annum. The Wesleyans have a place of worship, and there are National schools for both sexes. The Duke of Cleveland is lord of the manor. CODSHEATH, a hund. in the lathe of Sutton-at- Hone, in the north-western portion of the co. of Kent : contains the pars, of Leigh, Brasted, Otford, Halstead, Chevening, Seven Oaks, Kemsing, Sundridge, Shoro- ham, and Seal, comprising about 37,720 acres. COEDANA, a parochial chplry. in the hund. of Twr- cclyn, in the co. of Anglesea, North Wales, 2 miles S.E. of Llanerchymedd, and 10 from the Gaerwen station of the Chester and Holyhead section of the North- Western railway. The living is a cur. annexed to the rect. of Llaneilian, in the dioc. of Bangor, in the patron, of the bishop. The church, dedicated to St. Anne, is an ancient edifice. COEDCANLASS, a par. in the hund. and union of Narberth, South Wales, 6 miles from Haverfordwcst, its post town, and 5 from Pembroke. The South Wales branch of the Great Western railway has stations at Haverfordwest and New Milford. The parish is situated on an estuary of the Bristol Channel, near Milford Haven. The living is a don. cur. in the archdeac. and dioc. of St. David's, val. 25, in the gift of Sir John Owen. There is no church, and only about thirty houses. The remains of the ancient residence of the Perceval family is now a farmhouse. COED CHRISTIONYDD, a tnshp. in the par. of Ruabon, in the hund. of Bromfleld, in the co. of Den- bigh, 2 miles N.W. of Chirk, its post town. COED-DHU-CHURCH. See COYCIIURCH, Glamor- ganshire. COEDENLOE, a tnshp. in the par. of Hawardine, in the co. of Flint, 2 miles W. of Harwadine. Hero the English were defeated in 1159. The inhabitants are chiefly engaged in the potteries and iron-works. COEDFRANK, a hmlt. in the par. of Cadoxton, hund. of Neath, in the co. of Glamorgan, 1 mile from Neath, its post town and railway station. It ia situated on the canal. COEDGAIN, a hmlt. in the par. of Llangwnor, in the co. of Carmarthen, 4 miles from Carmarthen. COEDKERNEW, a par. in the upper div. of tho hund. of Wentllooge, in the co. of Monmouth, 3 miles S.W. of Newport, its post town. Tho living is a perpet. cur. annexed to the vie. * of St. Bride's, Wentllooge, in tho dioc. of Llandaff, in the patron, of the bishop. The church is dedicated to All Saints. COEDLASSON, or COEDGLASSON, a tnshp. in the par. of Nantmel, in the hund. of Rhayader, in tho co. of Radnor, 4 miles E. of Rhayader, its post town. ' COEDTALOG, a tnshp. in the par. of Llanerfyl, in the co. of Montgomery, 4 miles N.W. of Llanfair. COEDWRG, a tnshp. in the par. of Llaudysilio, in the co. of Denbigh, near Llangollen. COED-Y-CUMAR, a hmlt. in the par. of Vaiuor, in the co. of Brecon, 5 miles N.W. of Merthyr-Tydvil. The inhabitants are engaged in tho extensive iron and copper works on the river Taff. COED-Y-PARK, a hmlt. in the par. of Llandegai, in the co. of Carnarvon, 2 miles S.E. of Bangor. COEDYRALTH, a tnshp. in the chplry. of Dudles- ton, in the co. of Salop, 3 miles N.W. of EUesmore. COFFINSWELL, a par. in the hund. of Haytor, in the co. of Devon, 3 j miles N.E. of Torquay, and 3 S.E. of Newton- Abbott, its post town, both which places are railway stations on the South Devon branch of the Great Western railway. The living is a cur. annexed to tho vie.* of St. Mary-Church, in the dioc. of Exeter, in the patron, of the dean and chapter. The church, dedi- cated to St. Bartholomew, is an ancient edifice, with tower. Sir W. P. Carew, Bart., is lord of tho manor. COFTON, a chplry. in the par. of Kenton, hund. of Exminster, in the co. of Devon, 3 miles S.S.W. of Topsham, and 6 S.S.E. of Exeter. It is situated near the river Ken and the South Devon railway. The living is a cur. in the dioc. of Exeter, and in the patron, of the Duke of Devonshire. COGAN, a par. in the hund. of Dinas-Powis, in the