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822:Clackmannan
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565:20 February
524:"Kirkcaldy"
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510:References
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361:Levenmouth
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213:) was a
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772:Borders
392:in the
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243:History
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114:History
105:148,450
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1171:Orkney
1150:Dundee
923:Gordon
470:Labour
446:Labour
438:Years
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329:Leslie
225:region
28:3°05′W
1195:were
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335:Leven
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322:Burgh
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