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Fairlie.-- quoad sacra par. and vil. (ry. stations Fairlie and Fairlie Pier), Largs par., Ayrshire -- par., pop. 711; vil., on Firth of Clyde, 2 m. S. of Largs, pop. 685; P.O.; has a steamboat pier (1882) and a yacht building-yard; at vil. is Fairlie House, seat; on Fairlie Burn (rising on Fairlie Moor, and flowing 2 miles W. to Firth of Clyde) are the ruins of Fairlee Castle, once the seat of the Fairlies.
(John Bartholomew, Gazetteer of the British Isles (1887))
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Feature Description: | "quoad sacra parish and village" (ADL Feature Type: "populated places") |
Administrative units: | Ayrshire ScoCnty |
Place: | Fairlie |
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