Stevenston, North Ayrshire

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Stevenston is a town in North Ayrshire

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

Stevenston in historic gazetteers

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

Stevenston, town and par., Ayrshire - par. (containing Ardeer Works and part of town of Saltcoats), 3771 ac., pop. 5694; town, 1 mile NE. of Saltcoats, 2½ miles E. of Ardrossan, and 28 miles SW. of Glasgow by rail, pop. 3556; P.O., T.O. Many of the inhabitants find employment at the neighbouring coal mines and at Ardeer Works, which include ironworks, a foundry, a valuable sandstone quarry, and a dynamite factory.

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