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There are several towns and villages called Cobham, mostly in England. Wikimedia Commons has media related to: England Travel guide to England from Wikitravel English language English law English (people) List of monarchs of England â€“ Kings of England family tree List of English people Angeln (region in northern Germany, presumably the origin of the Angles for whom England is named) UK...

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Cobham, Kent
Cobham, Surrey there's also a Chobham, Surrey
Cobham's Thesis
Baron Cobham was a title in the Peerage of England.
Viscount Cobham. The family seat is at Hagley Hall in Worcestershire

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Category: Disambiguation Cobham is a small village with a reputation for being still relatively unspoilt even today. ... Cobham is a small town in Surrey, about 20 miles south-west of London. ... Chobham, Surrey is a small local village in Surrey, England. ... Alan Cobham wrote a paper in 1964 entitled â€œThe intrinsic computational difficulty of functions. ... The title Baron Cobham has been created numerous times in the Peerage of England; often multiple creations have been extant simultaneously, especially in the fourteenth century. ... The Peerage of England comprises all peerages created in the Kingdom of England before the Act of Union in 1707. ... The title Viscount Cobham is a Viscountcy in the Peerage of Great Britain. ... Hagley Hall and its park are among the supreme achievements of eighteenth-century English architecture and landscape gardening. ... Worcestershire (pronounced ; abbreviated Worcs) is a county located in the West Midlands region of central England. ...

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Cobham (Kent) Parish Council (0 words)
	Cobham is a rural parish within the Borough of Gravesham in the County of Kent and comprises the villages of Cobham and Sole Street.
	Cobham is a rural parish of 1240 hectares on the northern slope of the North Downs and comprises the villages of Cobham and Sole Street.
	Cobham has close associations with the Victorian writer, Charles Dickens who frequently walked to the village from his house at Gads Hill.

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	At the outbreak of the Jacobite Rebellion Cobham's were serving on the Continent in the War of the Austrian Succession as part of a British army under the command of George II's son, the Duke of Cumberland.
	In consequence at the battle of Culloden Cobham's found itself in the unusual situation of being split between the two flanks of the army.
	Today's recreation of Cobham's 10th Dragoons, circa 1745 was begun in early 2001 and is the newest addition to the Government forces of Lace Wars and the only cavalry regiment.

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