Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for Saltcoats

Saltcoats, seaport and watering-place with ry. sta., Ardrossan and Stevenston pars., Ayrshire, 1¼ mile SE. of Ardrossan and 29½ miles SW. of Glasgow by rail, pop. 5096; P.O., T.O., 2 Banks; has saltworks, but little or no shipping trade.


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

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "seaport"   (ADL Feature Type: "harbors")
Administrative units: Saltcoats Burgh       Ayrshire ScoCnty
Place: Saltcoats

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