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==Etymology== Corbridge was known to the [[Roman Britain|Romans]] as something like ''Corstopitum'' or ''Coriosopitum'', and wooden writing tablets found at the Roman fort of [[Vindolanda]] nearby suggest it was probably locally called ''Coria'' (meaning a tribal centre). According to Bethany Fox, the early attestations of the English name ''Corbridge'' "show variation between ''Cor''- and ''Col''-, as in the earliest two forms, ''Corebricg'' and ''Colebruge'', and there has been extensive debate about what its etymology may be. Some relationship with the Roman name ''Corstopitum'' seems clear, however".<ref>{{cite journal |author=Bethany Fox |title=The P-Celtic Place-Names of North-East England and South-East Scotland |journal=The Heroic Age |volume=10 |year=2007 |url=http://www.heroicage.org/issues/10/fox.html}} ([http://www.heroicage.org/issues/10/fox-appendix.html Appendix].)</ref>
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