A vision of Britain through time
A vision of Britain from 1801 to now.
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A vision of Britain through time
A vision of Britain from 1801 to now.
Including maps, statistical trends and historical descriptions.
Balbriggan, township, market and seaport town, Balrothery par., in co. and 22 miles NNE. of Dublin by rail, 516 ac., pop. 2443; P.O., T.O., 1 Bank.Market-day, Monday. It carries on muslin embroidery and the weaving of calico and stockings (cotton), and is also a fashionable watering-place. It has light house on pier at S. side of entrance, with fixed light seen 10 miles.
(John Bartholomew, Gazetteer of the British Isles (1887))
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| Feature Description: | "township, market and seaport town" (ADL Feature Type: "cities") |
| Administrative units: | Dublin IrlC |
| Place: | Balbriggan |
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