Old Kilpatrick, Village
"KILPATRICK (OLD), village and parish in Dumbartonshire. The village
stands adjacent to the Clyde, 9 miles by road but 11 by railway, west-north-west of
Glasgow, was the birthplace of St. Patrick, and has a post office, with money order
and telegraph departments, under Glasgow, a railway
station, Established and United Presbyterian churches, and a public school with
about 74 scholars. Pop. 911."
[From The Gazetteer of Scotland, by Rev. John Wilson, 1882.]
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Last updated: 15th March 2002, 05:13
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