Dunblane, Stirling

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Dunblane is a town in Stirling

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Location and coordinates are for the approximate centre of Dunblane within this administrative area. Geographic features and populated places may cross administrative borders.

Dunblane in historic gazetteers

Gazetteer of the British Isles (Edinburgh: Bartholomew, 1887). John Bartholomew

Dunblane, market town and par. with ry. sta., S. Perthshire, on Allan Water, 5 miles N. of Stirling, 41 NW. of Edinburgh, and 414 NW. of London -- par., 18,543 ac., pop. 3123; town, pop. 2186; P.O., T.O., 2 Banks. Market-day, Thurs. Dunblane was formerly an episcopal city. Its cathedral, said to have been founded in 1141, and rebuilt about 1240, is one of the few specimens of Gothic architecture in Scotland which escaped destruction at the Reformation. The choir is used as the parish church. D. is much resorted to for its mineral waters, and has a hydropathic establishment.

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