Smallest administrative unit in England.
Cock Lane ghost
Purported haunting that attracted mass public attention in 1762.
Coinage Act 1816
Act of the UK parliament adopting the gold standard, tying the value of the pound sterling to the value of gold.
Colonel John Gordon
Daubed as "The richest commoner in Scotland", Colonel John Gordon owned estates on mainland Scotland and purchased several Scottish islands
Combination Acts
Acts of Parliament passed by the Tory government of William Pitt the Younger in response to its fear of unrest or revolution among the working classes. They banned workers from combining to form trade unions and prevented them from striking, calling for shorter hours or increased pay.
Commonwealth (Adultery) Act 1650
Act passed by the Rump Parliament in 1650 making fornication, adultery and incest secular offences.
Convent of Poor Clares, Gravelines
Convent in the Spanish Netherlands (now in northern France), founded in 1607 by Mary Ward, a community of English nuns of the Order of St Clare. Commonly called the Poor Clares.
Coterel Gang
14th-century armed group that flourished in the North Midlands of England, led by James Coterel.
Cotswold Olimpick Games
The Cotswold Olimpick Games is an annual public celebration of games and sports held on the Friday after Spring Bank Holiday near Chipping Campden, in the Cotswolds of England.
Cottingley Fairies
The Cottingley Fairies appear in a series of five photographs taken by Elsie Wright (1901–1988) and Frances Griffiths (1907–1986), two cousins who lived in Cottingley, near Bradford in England.