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Term: Cornwall

Most remote of country's counties, it remained Celtic and Cornish language was spoken until late 19th century; inhabited since prehistoric times and important for tin, clay, and granite; an earldom under William the Conqueror 1066; it is the oldest duchy in England, created by Edward III in 1337 for his eldest son, Edward the Black Prince.

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Bodmin, Cornwall, 1863 - 1944, Fowey, Cornwall
Falmouth, England, 1869 - 1955
Saint Mabyn, Cornwall, England, 1665 - 1726, Portsmouth, New Hampshire
Cornwall, 1857 - 1942, Devon
Somerset, 1814 - 1890, Penzance
Saint Day, England, 1850 - 1926, London, England