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Colchester

[ kohl-ches-ter, -chuh-ster ]

noun

  1. a city in NE Essex, in E England.
  2. a town in W Vermont.


Colchester

/ ˈkəʊltʃɪstə /

noun

  1. a town in E England, in NE Essex; university (1964). Pop: 104 390 (2001) Latin nameCamulodunumˌkæmjʊləʊˈdjuːnəmˌkæmʊləʊˈduːnəm


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Colchester is an interesting town, deserving of much longer time than we were able to stay.

Altogether, there is a strangePg 244 combination of the very old and the modern in Colchester.

The Colchester oyster beds are mainly in this part of the Colne, and the oyster fishery is the chief industry.

Seventy-three Protestants of Colchester were dragged through the streets of London tied to a single rope.

One other thing we heard in Colchester, for we waited there for two days, resting our horses.

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