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Balloch.-- vil. with ry. sta., Bonhill par., S. Dumbartonshire, at foot of Loch Lomond, 20½ miles NW. of Glasgow by rail, pop. 159; is the starting place of the Loch Lomond steamers, and in vicinity are the remains of B. Castle, the early seat of the Earls of Lennox; P.O., T.O.
(John Bartholomew, Gazetteer of the British Isles (1887))
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Feature Description: | "village with railway station" (ADL Feature Type: "populated places") |
Administrative units: | Bonhill ScoP Dunbartonshire ScoCnty |
Place: | Balloch |
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