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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.
Linlithgow, parl. and royal burgh, par., and co. town of Linlithgowshire, on S. side of Linlithgow Loch, 3 miles S. of Firth of Forth, 17½ W. of Edinburgh, and 396 NW. of London by rail - par., 11,450 ac., pop. 5619; royal burgh, pop. 3729; parl. burgh, police burgh, and town, pop. 3913; P.O., T.O., 2 Banks. Marketday, Friday. Linlithgow was a royal burgh, with a royal castle and an endowed church, in the reign of David I. Its chief antiquity is Linlithgow Palace, the birthplace of James V. and of Mary Queen of Scots, and the finest ruin of its kind in Scotland. A little S. of the palace is St Michael's Church, a Gothic building mainly of the 15th century. In 1570 the Regent Murray was assassinated in the High Street by Hamilton of Bothwellhaugh. The staple industries are tanning and shoemaking, with some papermaking; ½ mile SW. of town is Linlithgow Distillery; at NW. corner of Linlithgow Loch is a trout hatchery. Linlithgow is one of the Falkirk District of Parliamentary Burghs, which returns 1 member.
(John Bartholomew, Gazetteer of the British Isles (1887))
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| Feature Description: | "parliamentary and royal burgh" (ADL Feature Type: "cities") |
| Administrative units: | Linlithgow ScoP West Lothian ScoCnty |
| Place: | Linlithgow |
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