Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for Beith

Beith, par. and market town, N. Ayrshire, 17¾ miles SW. of Glasgow by rail -- par., 11,222 ac., pop. 6555; town, pop. 4037; P.O., T.O., 3 Banks. Market-day, Friday. It has mfrs. of cottons, woollens, and linen-thread.


(John Bartholomew, Gazetteer of the British Isles (1887))

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "parish and market town"   (ADL Feature Type: "cities")
Administrative units: Beith Parish       Ayrshire County
Place: Beith

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