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'''Bernard Marx''' is one of the main characters in the novel ''[[Brave New World]]'' by [[Aldous Huxley]]. Bernard is viewed as an outsider by his peers, and it is rumoured that the worker who was in charge of his bottle put some alcohol in it by mistake, owing to Bernard's abnormally short height and 'ugly' features.
'''Cockington''' is a [[village]] in [[Torquay]], [[Devon]]. It is a picturesque [[village]], with [[Edwardian]] [[cottages]] dotted within its [[parameters]]. It is about a half a mile away from the main [[Torquay]] [[town]].
Members of the higher castes are conditioned to dislike the shorter lower castes and this places Bernard in a grey area — he is an [[Alpha-Plus]], but is not quite part of the Alpha-Plus set. This has probably led to some of his other peculiarities. He does not enjoy the drug [[Soma (Brave New World)|soma]] or the "feelies", chooses to spend time alone, and is not promiscuous. In addition, Bernard harbours a kind of dissatisfaction with some aspects of the society and tends to be unsociable and aloof towards his more hedonistic peers. Despite his somewhat negative qualities, Bernard is profoundly intelligent and a bit philosophical.
== Buildings ==
It has been suggested that his name is a crude amalgamation of [[George Bernard Shaw]] and [[Karl Marx]]. To some extent he acts as the novel's [[false protagonist]], being the major 'outcast' in the novel until this role is replaced largely by [[John the Savage]]. After John appears, Bernard becomes accepted as a hero, and he attempts to become promiscuous and take soma, thus becoming more fully integrated into his society.
There are four [[buildings]] of note in Cockington.
Also, Bernards's isolation is amplified early in the book when he attends a meeting for people to "become one." At this meeting 12 people take soma and become one with Ford (the man who started this idea of conformity, the book is set in A.F. 642, A.F. meaning after Ford). However, Bernard feels no effect from the soma and can only focus on one woman's unibrow.
=== Cricket-House and grounds ===
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[[image:Cricket-Green.JPG|thumb|The cricket green during a match at full swing.]]
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The park which is now home to the [[cricket]] grounds was originally a [[deer park]] during [[medieval]] times. [[Cricket]] started to be played on it at about the start of the [[1900s]]. The current [[cricket]] house was built after the [[original]] burnt down ten years ago.
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=== Drum Inn ===
The Drum [[Inn]] is the [[local]] [[pub]]/[[restaurant]] in Cockington. It was built in the [[1920s]], to replace the old [[brewery|ale-house]], by famous [[architect]] [[Lutyens]].
=== The Almshouses ===
The Almshouses consist of seven [[terraced housing|terraced]] [[cottages]]. They were built in the [[Elizabethan]] period by the Cary family to house the [[poor]] and those who could not work within the [[village]]. When the [[Mallock family]] took over the Cockington [[estate (house)|estate]] they fell into disrepair and it wasn't until the [[1840s]] when it was rebuilt, moved stone by stone to the place that they are now.who like men
=== Cockington Court ===
The current [[court]] was built over the remains of a [[Medieval]] [[court]]. A far cry from the days of the [[Cary family]], when it was an actual [[court]], it now is a [[building]] filled with various [[arts and crafts]] [[workshops]].
=== Other buildings ===
* A [[Church]] that was built in the [[1800s]].
* A [[Water Mill]] that is in the middle of the [[village]].
* A [[Forge]] that has been in the same place in the [[village]] for 500 years.
== History ==
The [[village]] was probably founded 2,500 years ago in the [[Iron Age]], with evidence of two [[hill forts]] on either side of Cockington valley. Little is known about Cockington from that point up until the remains of a small [[Anglo-Saxons|Saxon]] village were found near the Drum Inn. The evidence from this village shows that it was primarily a fishing and farming village. The first official documentation of the village was in the [[10th century]], declaring that the village was an estate belonging to the [[Cockington family]]. The Cockington family owned the estate from [[1078]] to [[1348]]. They then sold it onto the [[Cary family]] in [[1348]]. The Cary family then sold it to the [[Mallock family]] in [[1645]], who where a family of rich [[silversmith]]s from [[Exeter]]. The Mallock family then sold the estate to the Torquay Corporation in [[1931]].
== Peoples of note associated with the village ==
* [[Admiral Nelson]] dined in Cockington Court
* The [[artist]] [[Valerie Lloyd]]
LAURENS DEAD SEXY!
== External links ==
* [http://www.cockington.org.uk/ Cockington Parish website]
* [http://www.countryside-trust.org.uk/cockington.htm Torbay Coast and Countryside Trust information]
* [http://www.theenglishriviera.co.uk/home/h_cockington.asp The English Riviera information]
* [http://www.torbay-online.co.uk/torquay/torquay-cockington.htm Torbay Online information]
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