A vision of Britain through time
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A vision of Britain through time
A vision of Britain from 1801 to now.
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Rutherglen, parl., royal, and police burgh and par., in NW. of Lanarkshire, on river Clyde, 2 miles SE. of Glasgow - par., 2151 ac., pop. 13,801; parl. burgh and town, pop. 11,265; royal and police burgh, pop. 11,473; P.O., T.O, 2 Banks, 1 newspaper. Rutherglen (popularly Ruglen) was made a royal burgh in 1126, and was a place of much importance before the rise of Glasgow. There are extensive collieries and ironworks in the vicinity. Rutherglen forms one of the Kilmarnock District of Parliamentary Burghs, which returns 1 member.
(John Bartholomew, Gazetteer of the British Isles (1887))
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| Feature Description: | "parliamentary, royal, and police burgh and parish" (ADL Feature Type: "cities") |
| Administrative units: | Rutherglen ScoP Rutherglen Burgh Lanarkshire ScoCnty |
| Place: | Rutherglen |
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