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Caleb Wright

Factory owner and Liberal Member of Parliament, was born in Tyldesley, Lancashire.

Cambro

Three-wheeled, single-seat cyclecar made in 1920–1921 by the Central Aircraft Company of Northolt, Middlesex. It was one of the cheapest cars on the market.

Cannel

Type of bituminous coal.

Canon Alberic’s Scrap-Book

Horror story by M. R. James, first published in 1895, about a demon depicted in a picture coming to life.

Caphouse Colliery

Ex-colliery in Overton, near Wakefield, West Yorkshire, now the National Coal Mining Museum for England.

Capital Punishment Amendment Act 1868

Act of Parliament that put an end to public executions for murder in the United Kingdom.

Capitol Theatre, Manchester

Former cinema in Didsbury, Manchester, used as television studios by ITV contractor ABC from 1956 to 1968.

Captain Rudolph

Redirected to Charlotte de Berry.

Careening

Method of exposing the hull of a ship for cleaning or repair by laying it on its side.

Carnon River

Heavily polluted river in West Cornwall, draining the historic mining area of Gwennap.