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Torrance, a village in Campsie parish, Stirlingshire, on the right bank of the Kelvin, 3 miles W of Kirkintilloch. It has a post office under Glasgow, a station on the Kilsyth and Maryhill section of the North British railway, and a new public school of 1882. Pop. with Wester Balgrochan (1871) 671, (1881) 624-Ord. Sur., sh. 31, 1867.
(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: | Campsie Parish Stirlingshire County |
| Place: | Torrance |
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