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Caldbergh - The cold hill (Old Norse)

Calton - The farm where calves are kept (Old English)

Cam - The crest of a ridge (Old English)

Carlton in Coverdale - The freeman's farmstead (Old Norse)

Carperby - Cairpre's farm (Old Irish personal name + Old Norse)

Castle Bolton - The village or enclosure with buildings near the castle (Old English). The castle was built in 1379.

Castleberg - The hill with a fort (Middle English + Old English/Old Norse)

Catrigg Force - The watefall by wild-cat ridge (Old English + Old Norse)

Cautley - The woodland clearing with a fish-trap (Middle English + Old English)

Chapel-le-Dale - The chapel in the valley (Old French + Old English/Old Norse)

Clapdale - The valley of the noisy stream (Old English)

Clapham - The homestead on the noisy stream (Old English)

Clowder - The mass of rocks (Old English)

Cogden - Woodcock valley (Old English)

Combe Scar - The scar blackened as if with soot (Middle English + Old Norse)

Coniston Cold - The king's farm, exposed to the cold (Old Norse + Old English)

Conistone - The king's farm (Old Norse + Old English)

Cosh - The hut in the green open pastures (Middle English + Old English)

Cotterdale - The valley with the huts or cottages (Old Norse)

Countersett - Constance's seter (Old French personal name + Old Norse)

Cover, River - Celtic river-name meaning 'the river in the hollow'

Coverdale - The valley of the River Cover (Old Norse/Old English)

Coverham - The homestead on the River Cover (Old English)

Cowgill - The dam in the ravine (from dialect word 'caul' meaning dam or weir + Old Norse)

Crackpot - The crevice where crows nest (Old Norse + Middle English)

Cracoe - Crow hill (Old Norse)

Craven - Probably 'the place where garlic grows' from the Celtic word 'craf' meaning garlic

Cray - The fresh stream (Celtic river-name from Old Welsh 'crei')

Crookrise - The brushwood by the bend in the valley (Old Norse)

Crummackdale - The crooked valley (British + Old Norse/Old English)