A vision of Britain through time
A vision of Britain from 1801 to now.
Including maps, statistical trends and historical descriptions.
A vision of Britain through time
A vision of Britain from 1801 to now.
Including maps, statistical trends and historical descriptions.
Buteshire, an insular co. of Scotland, comprising the islands of Bute, Arran, the Great and Little Cumbraes, Holy Isle, Inchmarnock, and Pladda, in Firth of Clyde. 139,440 ac., pop. 17,657. The principal industries are agriculture and the fisheries. (For agricultural statistics, see Appendix.) The co. comprises 6 pars. and a part, and the police burghs of Millport and Rothesay. It returns 1 member to Parliament.
(John Bartholomew, Gazetteer of the British Isles (1887))
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| Feature Description: | "an insular county" (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 2nd order divisions") |
| Administrative units: | Buteshire ScoCnty |
| Place: | Buteshire |
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