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4 days ago · Edinburgh, Scotland. Edinburgh, capital city of Scotland, located in southeastern Scotland with its centre near the southern shore of the Firth of Forth, an arm of the North Sea that thrusts westward into the Scottish Lowlands. The city and its immediate surroundings constitute an independent council area. The city and most of the council area ...
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Edinburgh - Capital, Castle, Medieval: For the first...
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Edinburgh - Writers, Scientists, Philosophers: Edinburgh’s...
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Edinburgh - Maritime, Temperate, Rainy: Edinburgh has a mild...
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Edinburgh - Royal Mile, Palace, Abbey: Away from the crowded...
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Edinburgh - Culture, Festivals, History: Since 1947 the city...
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Castle Rock has been the site of human activity for at least...
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4 days ago · Scotland became part of the Kingdom of Great Britain under the Acts of Union 1707 from 1 May 1707. It became part of the United Kingdom from 1 January 1801. Under the terms of the Act of Union 1707, Scotland was entitled to 45 members of the House of Commons of the Westminster Parliament . A Scottish law passed before the Union defined the ...
1 day ago · Scotland had a population of 5,463,300 in 2019. The population growth rate in 2011 was estimated as 0.6% per annum according to the 2011 GROS Annual Review. [3] Covering an area of 78,782 square kilometres (30,418 sq mi), Scotland has a population density of 67.2/km 2 (174/sq mi).
4 days ago · AYR, a sea-port, burgh, and market-town, in the district of Kyle, county of Ayr, of which it is the capital, 77 miles (S. W. by W.) from Edinburgh, and 34 (S. S. W.) from Glasgow; containing 8264 inhabitants. This place derives its name from the river on which it is situated, and appears to have attained a considerable degree of note, at a very ...
3 days ago · The first stone bridge over the Clyde was built in 1350. Glasgow was created a royal burgh in 1450, and its university was founded in 1451. Glasgow prospered as a market centre because it was well situated between Highland and Lowland Scotland and also between Edinburgh —the capital, 45 miles (72 km) east—and the west.
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3 days ago · The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland was a sovereign state in Northwestern Europe that was established by the union in 1801 of the Kingdom of Great Britain and the Kingdom of Ireland. [4] The establishment of the Irish Free State in 1922 led to the remainder later being renamed the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland ...
5 days ago · Search Scotland’s designated heritage, along with our designation and scheduling consent decisions. Collections. We care for over 41,000 objects, including many of Scotland's most culturally significant objects. Membership. Thank you for your support – your membership contributes to keeping 5000 years of history alive for future generations.
