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Colne

River in West Yorkshire, England; length 21 km/13 mi. It rises in the Pennines at Standedge and runs northeast through Marsden, Slaithwaite, Linthwaite, and Huddersfield to join the River Calder near Mirfield. The string of small towns west of Huddersfield support woollen, textile, and engineering industries.

In the Colne Valley there is a railway line from Manchester to Huddersfield and Leeds, and a disused canal. Many reservoirs supplying water to West Yorkshire towns are found within the catchment area of the river.

Colne

River in Essex, England; length 56 km/35 mi. It rises near Haverhill, and flows in a southeasterly direction through Halstead, Colchester, and Wivenhoe, to join the North Sea at Mersea island.

Colne

Town in Lancashire, England, 9 km/6 mi northeast of Burnley; population (2001) 20,100. It is situated in a Pennine valley, and forms a continuous urban area with Nelson, Brierfield, and Burnley. Colne is a closely-built town, and suffered severely through the decline of the cotton industry; large numbers of old workers' houses were demolished. It now has a wide variety of new industries, including metal-working, plastics, and clothing.



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33) Thus, John Werkman of Earls Colne manor in Essex was capable of winning his suit against John Crudde for entering his enclosure during Pentecost of 1402 and abducting only his wife--he did not also have to assert the theft of goods or chattels.
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Over water flights began during a frigid winter at Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, then the air group was assigned to England for final training, eventually operating in the European Theater of Operations from three Royal Air Force Bases (Horham, Earls Colne, Beaulieu).
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Working closely from primary sources--in this case, the diary of Ralph Josselin, vicar of Earls Colne in Essex--both programmes benefited from a nuanced, investigative social history perspective.
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