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• Wigtown
  ...all. Even as late as the reign of King James V, the bulk of the trade from Scottish ports was centred on [[Edinburgh]], [[Dundee]], [[Aberdeen]] and [[Pittenwe [[File:Wigtown County Buildings.JPG|frame|right|Wigtown's former seat of government, the County Buildings]]
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• Inverness
  ...ifth out of 189 British cities for its quality of life, the highest of any Scottish city.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.telegraph.co.uk/property/main.jhtml?xml * Scottish Episcopal Church:
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• Black Country
  ...oke-on-Trent, and "Sandwell" the 14th most deprived of Britain's 354 local government districts. Dudley fares better, but still has pockets of deprivation, an a ...78 [http://www.scottish-tartans-world-register.com/tartan.aspx?record=3284 Scottish Tartan World Register]</ref> The Black Country Tartan black, red, white and
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• Muckle Flugga
  ...n, nothing had been done by the start of 1854. During the Crimean War, the government urged the commissioners to set up a light on Muckle Flugga to protect Her M ...e at the entrance to the neighbouring Hermaness Nature Reserve, managed by Scottish Natural Heritage.
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• Ben Nevis
  '''Ben Nevis''' is the highest mountain in the [[British Isles]]. In Scottish Gaelic its name is ''Beinn Nibheis'' meaning either “venomous mountain” As is common for many Scottish mountains, it is known both to locals and visitors as simply '''the Ben'''.
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• Association of British Counties
  ...idespread notion that the Counties have been abolished or altered by local government legislation. ...porate" created for the purpose of the administration of justice and local government during the Middle Ages, are not considered counties, as indeed they were no
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• Leith
  ...r any local magistrate]s. An 1827 Act of Parliament arranged for municipal government and administration of justice in the town, providing watching, paving, clea ...p in Leith which can be dated back to at least the 12th century. After the Scottish Reformation the principal parish kirk for Leith was South Leith Parish Chur
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• Edinburgh
  ...Raemaekers and H. Smith|date=2004-08-11 |accessdate=2009-04-10 |publisher=Scottish Executive}}</ref> Edinburgh was at the centre of the Scottish Reformation of the 16th century and of the disputes which erupted into the
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• Carlisle
  ...time possibly as early as the tenth century Cumberland became part of the Scottish kingdom. ...able to consolidate his power and made Carlisle one of his chief seats of government, while England descended into a lengthy civil war. King David died in Carl
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• Corby
  ...ritage.scotsman.com/people.cfm?id=2089062005 The English town that's truly Scottish]</ref> ...ve since removed them). An annual Highland Gathering featuring traditional Scottish music and dancing is held in the town. Corby is the only town in England a
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• Tristan da Cunha
  ...'The Tristan Times''. The first Administrator was appointed by the British government during this time. ...nd or settle on Tristan.<ref>Economy of Tristan da Cunha. Tristan da Cunha Government and the Tristan da Cunha Association, June 2005. [http://www.tristandc.com/
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• United Kingdom
  ...is a constitutional monarchy with a parliamentary democracy. The seat of government is in [[Westminster]] and the current ruler is King Charles III. ...ern Ireland]], in [[Scotland]] and in [[Wales]], whose respective seats of government are [[Belfast]], [[Edinburgh]] and [[Cardiff]].
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• Cumbernauld
  The town may be new but its name is old, coming from the Scottish Gaelic ''Comar nan Allt'', which means "The Meeting of the Waters'" for it Royalty often visited the town to hunt the mysterious Scottish ox, or white cattle, which roamed in the woods around Cumbernauld. These wo
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• Sanquhar
  ...one meaning "Old Fort".<ref>''Ordnance Gazetteer of Scotland: A Survey of Scottish Topography, Statistical, Biographical and Historical'', ed Francis H Groome ...to the fury of the Covenanters, who were dedicated to Presbyterian church government. They led Scotland into England’s civil wars of the period against King C
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• Beith
  ...ints">{{cite web|url=http://www.visitdunkeld.com/scottish-saints.htm|title=Scottish Saints, Tour Scotland.|publisher=}}</ref> according to tradition [[Saint In ...nnet form.<ref name="Jack, R.D.S.">, ''Alexander Montgomerie'' (Edinburgh: Scottish Academic Press, 1985)</ref>
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• Lanark
  ...meaning "clear space or glade", comparable to the Welsh ''Llanerch''.<ref>Scottish place names, W. F. H. Nicolaisen, p.164, 172, London, 1976</ref> *Scottish Episcopal Church: [http://www.christchurchlanark.com/ Christ Church]
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• Hartlepool
  ...ikely to be true. Historians have also pointed to the prior existence of a Scottish folk song called "And the Boddamers hung the Monkey-O". It describes how a During the English Civil War another Scottish army occupied Hartlepool, this time in support of the Parliamentary forces.
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• Chelmsford
  ...ly 1381, while in Chelmsford. It could be said that given this movement of government power, Chelmsford for a few days at least became the capital of England. Ma ...TMEo#PPA18,M1 King Robert the Bruce By A F Murison].</ref><ref name=birth1>Scottish Kings 1005 &ndash; 1625, by Sir Archibald H Dunbar, Bt., Edinburgh, 1899, [
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• Glenrothes
  ...95'' p.11.</ref><ref name="Cowling p31">Cowling ''An Essay for Today - The Scottish New Towns 1947-1997'' p.31.</ref><ref name="Omand pp.215&ndash;216">Omand ' ...Scotland.<ref name="Cowling p36">Cowling ''An Essay for Today &ndash; The Scottish New Towns 1947-1997'' p.36.</ref> The corporation board consisted of eight
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• Stroma
  ...f>[http://www.gnn.gov.uk/Content/Detail.asp?ReleaseID=124864&NewsAreaID=2 Government News Network]</ref> ...the summer months. There exist outline plans to connect [[Orkney]] to the Scottish mainland by tunnel; two of the possible routes are across Stroma.<ref>[http
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