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CATHCART
, a See also:parish situated partly in See also:Renfrewshire and partly in See also:Lanarkshire, See also:Scotland
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The Renfrewshire portion has the larger See also:area (2387 acres), but the smaller See also:population (7375), the area of the Lanarkshire portion being 745 acres and the population (1901) 20,983
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The See also:industries include See also:paper-making, See also:dyeing and See also:sandstone See also:quarrying, but See also:limestone and See also:coal have also been worked
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The parish includes the See also:town of Cathcart (pop
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4808), and the villages of Old and New Cathcart, but much of it, though outside the See also:city boundaries, is practically continuous with some of the See also:southern suburbs of See also:Glasgow, with which there is communication by electric tram and the Caledonian railway's circular See also:line
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