Camelford

Camelford

Camelford (spr. Kämelsöhrd), Borough am Camel in der englischen Grafschaft Cornwall; 1400 Ew. Hier Schlachten zwischen den Briten u. Sachsen, u. dem König Arthur u. seinem Neffen Mordred.


Pierer's Lexicon. 1857–1865.

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