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Clovelly

/ kləˈvɛlɪ /

noun

  1. a village in SW England, in Devon on the Bristol Channel: famous for its steep cobbled streets: tourism, fishing. Pop: 472 (2001)

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Current other examples are the privately owned fishing village of Clovelly in Devon, England, the medieval Civita de Bagnoregio and Corenno Plinio in Italy, and Penglipuran in Bali, Indonesia.

From BBC

“Moreover they’ve picked the wrong ship. We are sailing very short of rank. There are only three unmarried Englishmen of title on the entire passenger list. Three only. I will name them for you. There is Lord Sandown, who will be the Earl of Clovelly. But he is presently only five years old.”

Here was undoubtedly little Lord Sandown, who would one day be the Earl of Clovelly.

So this would be the Countess of Clovelly.

After a moment of heavy silence, the Countess of Clovelly spoke.

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