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| − | '''Fossoway''' or '''Fossaway''' is a parish chiefly in [[Perthshire]], but partly in [[Kinross-shire]], containing the villages of [[Blairingone]], [[Crook of Devon]], and [[Carnbo]], and comprising the ancient parishes of Fossoway and Tulliebole, united in about 1614. It is bounded to the north by Dunning, north-east by [[Orwell, Kinross-shire|Orwell]], east by Kinross, south-east by Cleish, south by Torryburn and Saline in [[Fife]], south-west by Clackmannan and Dollar in [[Clackmannanshire]], and west by Muckart and Glendevon. Its length, from east-north-east to west-south-west, varies between 2¼ and 8¾ miles; its utmost breadth, from north to south, is 5½ miles; and its area is 17,356½ acres, of which 6,904¼ belong to Kinross-shire. | + | [[File:Fossoway Church - geograph.org.uk - 116638.jpg|thumb|right|Fossoway parish church in [[Crook of Devon]].]]'''Fossoway''' or '''Fossaway''' is a parish chiefly in [[Perthshire]], but partly in [[Kinross-shire]], containing the villages of [[Blairingone]], [[Crook of Devon]], and [[Carnbo]], and comprising the ancient parishes of Fossoway and Tulliebole, united in about 1614. |
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| + | It is bounded to the north by Dunning, north-east by [[Orwell, Kinross-shire|Orwell]], east by Kinross, south-east by Cleish, south by Torryburn and Saline in [[Fife]], south-west by Clackmannan and Dollar in [[Clackmannanshire]], and west by Muckart and Glendevon. Its length, from east-north-east to west-south-west, varies between 2¼ and 8¾ miles; its utmost breadth, from north to south, is 5½ miles; and its area is 17,356½ acres, of which 6,904¼ belong to Kinross-shire. | ||
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[[Category:Towns and villages in Kinross-shire]] | [[Category:Towns and villages in Kinross-shire]] | ||
Revision as of 10:01, 25 October 2014
Fossoway parish church in Crook of Devon.
It is bounded to the north by Dunning, north-east by Orwell, east by Kinross, south-east by Cleish, south by Torryburn and Saline in Fife, south-west by Clackmannan and Dollar in Clackmannanshire, and west by Muckart and Glendevon. Its length, from east-north-east to west-south-west, varies between 2¼ and 8¾ miles; its utmost breadth, from north to south, is 5½ miles; and its area is 17,356½ acres, of which 6,904¼ belong to Kinross-shire.
