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Thornhill, a village in the detached section of Kincardine parish, Perthshire, 4 miles WSW of Doune and 9¼ WNW of Stirling. It has a post office under Stirling, with money order, savings' bank, and telegraph departments, two inns, Norriston Established and Free churches, a public school, and fairs on the first Tuesday of January andthe second Tuesday of March. Pop. (1861) 621, (1871) 498, (1881) 474.—Ord. Sur., sh. 39, 1869.
(F.H. Groome, Ordnance Gazetteer of Scotland (1882-4); © 2004 Gazetteer for Scotland)
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| Feature Description: | "a village" (ADL Feature Type: "populated places") |
| Administrative units: | Kincardine Parish Kincardineshire County Perthshire County |
| Place: | Thornhill |
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