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COPPLESTONE. 649 CORBBIDGE. rap. of Kirton, parts of Holland, and partly in Horn- tatle suke, parts of Lindscy, in the co. of Lincoln, 2 liles from Swiiieshcad. COPPLESTONE, a hnilt. in the par. and hund. of iuditun, in the co. of Devon, 7 miles N.W. of Exeter. COPPULL, a chplry. in the ]>nr. of Standish, hund. f Leyland, in the eo. of Lancaster, 4 inilos S.W. of 'horloy, and 5 from Wigan. It is a station on the Maii-

iiid Preston section of the London and North-

Western railway. Near the village are extensive col- eries and bleach-fields. The living is a perpet. cur. i the dior. of Manchester, vul. 120, in the patron, of IB Hector of Standish. The church is a plain struc- ire. The charities amount to 34 per annum. Here e a Wesleyan Methodist chapel, a National school for oth sexes, and a Sunday school. The Eight Hon. E. ardwell is lord of the manor. ( '(I I '.SON, a hnilt. in the par. of Wolvey, in the co. 1 Warwick, C miles S.E. of Nuneaton. -TON MAGNA, a limit, in the par. of Monks

-by. hund. of Knightlow, in the co. of Warwick, 7

iles E. of Nuneaton. The living is a cur. in the dioc. Worcester, annexed to the vie.* of Monks Kirby, in . >n. of Trinity College, Cambridge. The chapel, i to .St. John tho Baptist, is in the Norman

id was erected by subscription. Hero is a

1 school. The Earl of Denbigh is lord of the Tho principal residence is Copston Lodge. ( 'OPT GREEN, ahmlt. in the par. of Epping, in the . of Essex, 12 miles W. of Epping. It is situated on e borders of Epping Forest, and contains Copt Hall, fine old Elizabethan mansion, anciently the seat of <; Heneages. In the vicinity is a British camp called bury. COFTHALL, the name of several seats : one in the tr. of Hendon, in the co. of Middlesex, 7 miles N.W. London ; another in Bedfordshire, near Luton; and third iu Hertfordslu're, near Hemel Hempstead. HEWICK, a tnshp. in tho par. of Eipon, in e West Eiding of the co. of York. It is situated near 'ridge. COPTHOHNE, a hund. in the middle portion of the '. of Surrey, contains the pars, of Epsom, Chessing- n, Ashtead, Cuddington, Newdegate, Leatherhead, 1, Walton, Fetcham, Mickleham, Headley, and nl 1 Kwoll, comprising 34,730 acres. ! VINNEY, a tnshp. in the par. of Ellesmere, i. of Salop, 1 mile N. of Ellesmere. ' OPT OAKS, a vil. in the ext. par. district of larley, hund. of West Goscote, in the co. of Leicester, iiiles S.W. of Loughborough. It is situated on the olds, near Charnwood Forest. !'.'!', a river of Northumberland, rising in the viot hills, and after a course of 40 miles through Huetdale, lails into the German Ocean below Aln- juth Bay, near Varkworth. Its banks are well- "ded, and it is a favourite resort of anglers, abound- in salmon anil trout. Among the pebbles washed up are found cornelians, agates, and moun- n crystals. < 'OQUETDALE, a ward in tho middle portion of i oo. of North innbcrland, divided into 4 divs. : tho .ih eontains the pars, of Ingram, Alnham, Egling- 111, Edlingham, llderton, and Whittingham ; the nth the pars, of Elsdon and Eamshope ; the East tho I .' nig Framlingham, Shilbottle, Alnwick, and

> "f Fulton, Warkworth, and Brinkburn ; thfiWest

liars, of Holystone, Rothbury, and Allenton ; com- '.n together about 269,590 acres. KT ISLE, a small island off the coast of Nor- iiberland, at the mouth of the river Coquet. It is ' ut 1 mile in circumference, and is principally pasture. 11- are two lighthouses ; the one on the S.W. side of island is SO feet high, with a fixed light visible for iiiies. The inner channel, between the island and '1'iuet Head, is scarcely a quarter of a mile across, and 1'stiucted by reefs. I OBAAN-ACHILL, a nearly insulated tract of mtain land, in the bar. of Burrishoole, in the co. of - OL. I. Mayo, prov. of Connaught, Ireland. The coast-line ia bold and grand. From an eminence on the narrow isthmus which connects it with tho mainland, a most imposing view of Clew Bay may be obtained. COEBALLIS, a vil. in the bar. of Lower Duleek, in tho^ co. of Moath, prov. of Leinster, Ireland, 5 miles S.E. of Drogheda. There are also two small places of this name in the co. of Dublin. COEBALLY, a par. in tho bar. of East Muskerry, in the co. of Cork, prov. of Munster, Ireland, 6 miles S.W. of Cork. The living is a vie. in the dioc. of Cork, val. with Carrigrohane, 697, in the patron, of the bishop. Ballincoilig is its post town. COEBALLY, a par. partly in the bars, of Ballybritt and Clonlisk, in King's County, prov. of Leinster, and partly in the bar. of Ikerrin, in the co. of Tipperary, prov. of Munster, Ireland, 9 miles S.E. of Birr. The sur- face in parts is mountainous and boggy, but with a fair proportion of good arable land. The parish is trisected by intervening portions of Eoscrea. The living is an im- propriate rect. in the dioc. of Killaloe. There are Eoniau Catholic chapels, and three day schools. There is no church, but public worship is performed at a private house. There are remains of a Culdee abbey, in tho Norman stylo of tho 7th century. The property for- merly belonged to tho Dillons. COEBALLY, a par. in the bar. of Gualtiere, in the co. of Waterford, prov. of Munster, Ireland, 3 miles to the W. of Dunmore. Eoscrea is its post town. It lies along the eastern side of Tramore Bay, near Aland's Bay, and consists of varied soil. The living is a rcct. in the dioc. of Waterford, val. with Killure, 99, in the patron, of the bishop. There is a Eoman Catholic chapel, united to that of Tramore, and a National school. COEBALLY, a vil. in the par. of Caslleconnor, bar. of Tireragh, in the co. of Sligo, prov. of Connaught, Ireland, 4 miles N.E. of Ballina. Besides the above there are numerous seats and small hamlets of this name in almost every part of Ireland. CORBET-HILL, a demesne in the bar. of Bantry, in the co. of Wexford, prov. of Leinster, Ireland, 1 mile S.E. of New Eoss. The insurgents encamped here tho night before they attacked New Eoss in 1798. COEBETSTYE, a hmlt. in tho par. of Upminster, in the co. of Essex. 4 miles S.E. of Eomford. COEBIE-HILL, a limit, in the par. of Balmerino, in the co. of Fife, Scotland. COEBIE LOCH, a small lake in the co. of Aberdeen, Scotland, 5 miles N. of Aberdeen. CORBOY, TJPPEE, a hmlt. in the bar. and co. of Longford, Ireland, 6 miles S.E. of Longford. COBBEIDGE, a par. in the eastern div. of the ward of Tindale, in the co. of Northumberland, 4 miles E. of Hexham, and 16 W. of Newcastle-upon-Tyne. The Newcastle and Carlisle section of the North-Eastern railway passes through the par., and has a station near the village. The par., which derives its name from the small river Cor., which here falls into the Tyne, contains 10 tnshps. and hmlts. It is situated on the N. side of the river Tyne, across which is a stone bridge of seven arches, erected in 1674. It is a place of great antiquity, and was once a borough returning members to parliament. In 771 it possessed a monastery, and in 1138 was occupied by David I., and destroyed by fire in 1296, and again in 1311 by the Scots. It came through the Clavering family to the Percys. It pos- sesses a market-cross, which was erected by the Duke of Northumberland in 1814; but the market has been discontinued. The living is a vie.* in the dioc. of Durham, val. with the cur. of Halton annexed, 482, in the patron, of tho Dean und Chapter of Carlisle. The church, dedicated to St. Andrew, is a handsome ancient edifice, in good repair, and possesses a register com- mencing in 1657. The charities amount to 67. The Weslcyans have places of worship here ; and there is a National school, library, and reading-room. Tho soil is very rich, and the chief employment of the inhabi- tants consists in agriculture. The Duke of Northum- 4 o