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Altnabreac railway station

Altnabreac railway station is a rural railway station serving the tiny settlement of Altnabreac, in the Highland council area of Scotland; a settlement in which the station is itself the main component.

Castle Stuart Platform railway station

Castle Stuart Platform was a railway station located near Castle Stuart, to the east of Inverness, now in Highland council area.

Cromdale railway station

Cromdale railway station served the village of Cromdale, Highland, in Scotland.

David Maclean

Educated at Fortrose Academy, Fortrose, The Black Isle, Highland, and at the University of Aberdeen, he was elected to the House of Commons in a by-election in 1983 following the ennoblement of William Whitelaw.

Inventory of Historic Battlefields in Scotland

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Kilmadock

Kilmadock parish (Scottish Gaelic Cille Mo Dog), containing the settlements of Doune, Deanston, Buchany, Drumvaich, and Delvorich, is situated in Stirling council area, Scotland, and is on the southern border of the former county of Perthshire.

Roxburgh, Ettrick and Lauderdale

It consists of the committee areas of Eildon, Cheviot and Teviot and Liddesdale (the former (1975—1996) local government districts of Roxburgh and Ettrick and Lauderdale) within the Scottish Borders council area.

Stùc a' Chroin

The boundary between the council areas of Perth and Kinross and Stirling passes through the summit of the peak, and the town of Callander lies to the south.


see also

An Caol

Caol (Scottish Gaelic: An Caol), a village near Fort William, in the Highland council area of Scotland.

Arun Council election, 2003

Issues in the election included council tax levels, refuse collection, the closure of Arundel Pool, a shortage of low cost homes, crime and anti-social behaviour and plans to devolve power more locally within the council area.

Blencogo

Blencogo is a small farming village in Cumbria, England, UK, near Wigton on the Solway plain, in the Allerdale Borough Council area, off the B3502 Wigton to Silloth road.

Carcluie Loch

Carcluie Loch (NS 34894 16186) is a small freshwater loch in the South Ayrshire Council Area, lying in a glacial Kettle Hole, Parish of Dalrymple, Scotland.

City of Hawthorn

The council area covered the suburbs of Hawthorn, Hawthorn East and parts of Glen Iris, and was bounded by the Yarra River to the west, Barkers Road to the north, Gardeners Creek and CityLink (formerly South Eastern Freeway) to the south and Burke Road to the east.

City of Kew

The council area covered the suburbs of Kew and Kew East, and was bounded by the Yarra River to the north and west, Barkers Road to the south and Burke Road to the east.

Loch Gate

Loch Gate (NS 62389 37170), previously known as Loch Gait, was a freshwater loch, partly in the East Ayrshire Council Area and partly in South Lanarkshire, now mainly drained, near Darvel, lying in a glacial kettle hole, Parish of Galston, Scotland.

Loftus, North Yorkshire

Loftus Town Council area includes the settlements of Boulby, Carlin How, Cowbar, Easington, East Loftus, Liverton Mines, Liverton, Loftus, Scaling, Skinningrove and South Loftus.

Town council

A town council area can consist of a Group Representation Constituency (GRC), a Single Member Constituency (SMC), or a collection of neighbouring GRCs and SMCs controlled by the same political party.