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829:Tweeddale
651:3 January
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217:Monklands
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28:3°55′19″W
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866:Stirling
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797:Scotland
700:28 March
618:Archived
505:See also
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1161:Renfrew
1121:Glasgow
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861:Falkirk
806:Borders
312:Glasgow
274:Airdrie
249:History
234:in the
118:History
109:102,379
1205:Orkney
1184:Dundee
957:Gordon
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474:Labour
466:Years
455:Labour
381:Plains
239:region
162:Status
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1179:Angus
1005:Nairn
967:Moray
284:Burgh
277:Burgh
1641:1970
1636:1967
1631:1964
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1621:1958
1616:1955
1611:1952
1606:1949
1601:1946
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1586:1931
1581:1928
1576:1925
1571:1922
1566:1919
1561:1913
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1531:1895
1526:1892
1521:1889
1500:1992
1495:1988
1490:1984
1485:1980
1480:1977
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1383:1974
1362:1994
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1337:1974
1319:2022
1314:2017
1309:2012
1304:2007
1299:2003
1294:1999
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