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.
Dunblane, market town and par. with ry. sta., S. Perthshire, on Allan Water, 5 miles N. of Stirling, 41 NW. of Edinburgh, and 414 NW. of London -- par., 18,543 ac., pop. 3123; town, pop. 2186; P.O., T.O., 2 Banks. Market-day, Thurs. Dunblane was formerly an episcopal city. Its cathedral, said to have been founded in 1141, and rebuilt about 1240, is one of the few specimens of Gothic architecture in Scotland which escaped destruction at the Reformation. The choir is used as the parish church. D. is much resorted to for its mineral waters, and has a hydropathic establishment.
(John Bartholomew, Gazetteer of the British Isles (1887))
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| Feature Description: | "market town and parish with railway station" (ADL Feature Type: "cities") |
| Administrative units: | Dunblane ScoP Dunblane Burgh Perthshire ScoCnty |
| Place: | Dunblane |
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