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Bray, township and market town, in pars. of Bray (co. Wicklow) and Oldconnaught (co. Dublin), on river Bray, 13 miles SE. of Dublin by rail, 1070 ac., pop. 6535; 1 Bank, 1 newspaper. Market - days, Tuesday and Saturday. The chief part of the town is situated in co. Wicklow; the part within co. Dublin is called Little Bray. It is a fashionable watering-place and winter residence; the surrounding scenery being beautiful and attractive, and the climate bracing and salubrious.
(John Bartholomew, Gazetteer of the British Isles (1887))
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| Feature Description: | "township and market town" (ADL Feature Type: "cities") |
| Administrative units: | Dublin County Wicklow County |
| Place: | Bray |
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