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

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