Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for Alexandria

Alexandria, q.s. par. and town, Bonhill par., mid. Dumbartonshire, on river Leven, 3¼ miles N. of Dumbarton by rail, pop. 6616; town, pop. 6173; P.O., T.O., 1 Bank. Extensive bleaching, printing, and dyeing works are in the vicinity.


(John Bartholomew, Gazetteer of the British Isles (1887))

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Feature Description: "quoad sacra parish and town"   (ADL Feature Type: "cities")
Administrative units: Dunbartonshire ScoCnty
Place: Alexandria

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