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Blanefield, a village in Strathblane parish, Stirlingshire, on the river Blane, and on the Blane Valley railway, ¾ mile W by N of Strathblane village. It has a station on the railway, calico print works, and a post office under Glasgow, with money order, savings' bank, and telegraph departments. Pop. (1871) 496, (1881) 541.
(F.H. Groome, Ordnance Gazetteer of Scotland (1882-4); © 2004 Gazetteer for Scotland)
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Feature Description: | "a village" (ADL Feature Type: "populated places") |
Administrative units: | Strathblane ScoP Stirlingshire ScoCnty |
Place: | Blanefield |
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