Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for Stewarton

Stewarton.-- town and par., Ayrshire, on Annick Water, 5 miles N. of Kilmarnock and 18 miles SW. of Glasgow by rail - par., 13,626ac., pop. 4309; town, pop. 3130; P.O., T.O., 3 Banks. Market-day, Thursday. The town has extensive manufactures of tartan and other woollen bonnets; carpet manufactures.and dyeing are also carried on.


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

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Feature Description: "town and parish"   (ADL Feature Type: "cities")
Administrative units: Stewarton ScoP       Ayrshire ScoCnty
Place: Stewarton

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