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Colchester
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Definition:a historic market town and the largest settlement within the borough of Colchester in the county of Essex. Colchester was the first founded Roman city in Britain, and Colchester lays claim to be regarded as Britain's oldest recorded town. It was for a time the capital of Roman Britain, and is a member of the Most Ancient European Towns Network.text from Wikipedia, licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike
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Perhaps it was the time when the atomic bomb had fallen on Colchester.
George Orwell. 1984 (1949)
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“[...] I want to find out who killed Wellington, and I am writing a book about it.”
And he said, “Well, I was in Colchester on Thursday, so you’re asking the wrong bloke.”
Mark Haddon. The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time (2003)
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He has received weekly intelligence,
Upon my knowledge, out of the Low Countries,
For all parts of the world, in cabbages;
And those dispensed again to ambassadors,
In oranges, musk-melons, apricocks,
Lemons, pome-citrons, and such-like: sometimes
In Colchester oysters, and your Selsey cockles.
Ben Jonson. Volpone; or, the Fox (1607)
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