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WEST KILBRIDE

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Originally appearing in Volume V15, Page 790 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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WEST See also:KILBRIDE  , a See also:town on the See also:coast of See also:Ayrshire, See also:Scotland, near the mouth of See also:Kilbride See also:Burn, 4 M . N.N.W. of See also:Ardrossan and 354 M . S.W. of See also:Glasgow by the Glasgow & See also:South-Western railway . Pop . (Igor), 2315 . It has been growing in repute as a See also:health resort; the only considerable See also:industry is See also:weaving . In the neighbourhood are the ruins of See also:Law See also:Castle, Crosbie Castle and Portincross Castle, the last, dating_ from the 13th See also:century, said to be a seat of the See also:Stuart See also:kings . Farland See also:Head, with cliffs 300 ft. high, lies 2 M . W. by N . ; and the inland See also:country is hilly, one point, Kaim See also:Hill, being 1270 ft. above See also:sea-level .

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