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A vision of Britain through time
A vision of Britain from 1801 to now.
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Kilmaurs, small town and par. with ry. sta., N. Ayrshire - par., 5900 ac., pop. 3704; town, on Carmel Water, 2¼. miles NW. of Kilmarnock, pop. 1203; P.O., T.O.; has shoe and bonnet factories, and in the neighbourhood are coal and iron mines; the church dates from the early part of the 15th century; Kilmaurs was formerly a burgh of barony (1527) under the Earls of Glencairn; it was at one time noted for its cutlery.
(John Bartholomew, Gazetteer of the British Isles (1887))
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| Feature Description: | "small town and parish with railway station" (ADL Feature Type: "cities") |
| Administrative units: | Kilmaurs ScoP Ayrshire ScoCnty |
| Place: | Kilmaurs |
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