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Carnock.-- par. and vil., SW. Fifeshire, 3½ miles NW. of Dunfermline, 3492 ac., pop. 1055; P.O.; has coal, sandstone, and ironstone. John Row, ecclesiastical historian, was minister from 1592 to 1648; and John Gillespie, founder of the Relief Synod, from 1741 to 1752. In vicinity of vil. is C. House.
(John Bartholomew, Gazetteer of the British Isles (1887))
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| Feature Description: | "parish" (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions") |
| Administrative units: | Carnock Parish Fife County |
| Place: | Carnock |
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