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Ordnance Gazetteer of Scotland: A Graphic and Accurate Description of Every Place in Scotland

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Most articles seem to us to have been written or revised on the spot, the only method by which accuracy can be secured. In some cases, however, we have noticed statements that could not have been made had this plan been invariably
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the sections on the country's position, boundaries, extent and area; population; industries; its mountains, lakes, rivers and islands; and administration were written by
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The original six volumes were published by Thomas C. Jack, of Edinburgh, London and Glasgow. They are archived at the
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In the book's closing 130-page "general survey" chapter, its sections are written by various notable contributors:
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Ordnance Gazetteer of Scotland: A Survey of Scottish Topography, Statistical, Biographical, and Historical
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Ordnance Gazetteer of Scotland: A Survey of Scottish Topography, Statistical, Biographical, and Historical
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Ordnance gazetteer of Scotland : a graphic and accurate description of every place in Scotland
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Ordnance Gazetteer of Scotland: A Graphic and Accurate Description of Every Place in Scotland
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Ordnance Gazetteer of Scotland: A Graphic and Accurate Description of Every Place in Scotland
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Upon the publication of the final volume of the initial survey in 1885, geographer
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website. It also appears as part of The Gazetteer for Scotland, produced by the
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Proceedings of the Royal Geographical Society and Monthly Record of Geography
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Proceedings of the Royal Geographical Society and Monthly Record of Geography
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Scotland's ecclesiastical history was contributed by the Rev. John Reith,
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the country's leading physical features was written by
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the section on the history of Scotland was written by
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Britain), Royal Geographical Society (Great (1885).
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its Scottish language and literature section was by
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Index

Ordnance Gazetteer of Scotland

title page
Francis Hindes Groome
Hardback book
OCLC
1050257987
Francis Hindes Groome
Aven
Aberdeenshire
Shetland
James Geikie
William Melven
Hugh Alexander Webster
Thomas Allan Croal
deer forests
grouse moors
James G. Bertram
zoology
John Gibson
meteorology
Alexander Buchan
geology
Ben Peach
John Horne
botany
Thomas King
Walter Scott Dalgleish
B. D.
John Merry Ross

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