He seized a camp from the invading Romans naming it Colchester or Cole's Camp. The city still bears his name. Nursery rhymes of this type keep the Celtic language alive which was spoken long before English in England.
Some shepherds still count sheep hovera, covera, dik versus eight, nine, ten.
Some say he has been buried in Lincoln Cathedral where visitors are shown his tiny gravestone. This nursery rhyme was known in 1364 reflecting England's sheep farms and great wool trade. However, the nursery rhyme is about Alice Causton as she gave short measure in ale. Shakespeare mentions Bo-Peep in King Lear. And Jill came tumbling after.