Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for Tillicoultry

Tillicoultry, police burgh and par., Clackmannanshire, on river Devon, 3½ miles NE. of Alloa and 10 miles NE. of Stirling by rail - par., 6946 ac., pop. 5344; burgh, pop. 3732; P.O., T.O., 2 Banks, 1 newspaper; has mfrs. of shawls, tartans, and other woollen fabrics. Coal is extensively worked in the vicinity.


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

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Feature Description: "police burgh"   (ADL Feature Type: "cities")
Administrative units: Tillicoultry Parish       Clackmannanshire County
Place: Tillicoultry

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