Searching for "DUNSYRE"

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    Place name County Entry Source
    Biggar Lanarkshire Dunsyre, Liberton, Skirling, Symington, Walston, and Wandel. Pop. (1871) 6537, (1881) 6230, of whom 1928, according to a Parliamentary Return Groome
    Calder, West Midlothian Dunsyre, Carluke, and Carnwath, in Lanarkshire; NW by Cambusnethan in Lanarkshire, and Whitburn in Linlithgowshire. Its greatest length from NE to SW is 10 miles Groome
    Carnwath Lanarkshire Dunsyre, SE by Walston, S by Libberton, and W by Carstairs. Its greatest length, from N to S, is 8¾ miles Groome
    Crane Lanarkshire Dunsyre parish, E Lanarkshire, amid the moorish south-western Pentlands, 1100 feet above sea-level, and 3¼ miles NW of Dunsyre Groome
    Crane Loch Lanarkshire Crane Loch , Dunsyre par., E. Lanarkshire. Bartholomew
    Curate's Well Lanarkshire Dunsyre, in Dunsyre parish, Lanarkshire. It issues from two circular patches of soft sand, engirt with very hard clay and gravel Groome
    Curate's Wells Lanarkshire Curate's Wells , copious intermittent spring, in par. and on glebe of Dunsyre, E. Lanarkshire,. Bartholomew
    Dolphinton Lanarkshire Dunsyre. In shape a triangle, with southward apex, it has an utmost length from N by E to S by W of 3¾ miles Groome
    Dunsyre Lanarkshire Carstairs Junc., 10,743 ac., pop. 254; P.O.; contains Dunsyre Hill , alt. 1313 ft., and the ruins of Dunsyre Castle . Bartholomew
    Dunsyre Lanarkshire Dunsyre Common. Dunsyre is in the presbytery of Biggar and synod of Lothian and Tweeddale; the living is worth £200. The church Groome
    Lanarkshire Lanarkshire Dunsyre, in a bleak district of considerable elevation, is Crane Loch, and W of Carnwath is White Loch with banks Groome
    Linton Peebles Shire Dunsyre in Lanarkshire. Its utmost length, from N by E to S by W, is 9 3 / 8 miles; its utmost Groome
    Newholme Lanarkshire Dunsyre station. It was the property and death-place of the distinguished Covenanter, Major Learmont (1595-1683), who commanded the Covenanter Groome
    Newholme Lanarkshire Newholme , seat, Dolphinton par., Lanarkshire, on South Medwin Water, near Dunsyre ry. sta. Bartholomew
    Walston Lanarkshire Dunsyre station, and 5 3 / 8 NNE of the post-town, Biggar. Containing also the village of Elsricki.e, I is bounded Groome
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