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Coupar-Angus, market town and par. with ry. sta., partly in Forfarshire but chiefly in Perthshire, near river Isla, 15¾ miles NE. of Perth, 63 miles N. of Edinburgh, and 79 miles NE. of Glasgow -- par., 4699 ac., pop. 2816; town, pop. 2154; P.O., T.O.; 3 Banks. Market-day, Thursday; has mfrs. of coarse linen fabrics. There are vestiges of an abbey, founded in 1164 upon the site of an old Roman camp.
(John Bartholomew, Gazetteer of the British Isles (1887))
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| Feature Description: | "market town and parish with railway station" (ADL Feature Type: "cities") |
| Administrative units: | Coupar Angus Parish Angus County Perthshire County |
| Place: | Coupar Angus |
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