A vision of Britain through time
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A vision of Britain through time
A vision of Britain from 1801 to now.
Including maps, statistical trends and historical descriptions.
Scone, par. and vil., Perthshire - par., 7815 ac., pop. 2402; vil. (New Scone), on river Tay, 2 miles NE. of Perth, pop. 1483; P.O.; has a jam factory; in vicinity is Scone Palace, seat of the Earl of Mansfield, occupying the site of an abbey founded in 1114 and destroyed in 1559; Old Scone, now a decayed hamlet, 1 mile NW. of New Scone, was the capital of the kingdom of the Picts, and was long the place where the Scottish kings were crowned. The coronation-stone, or Stone of Destiny, was removed by Edward I. in 1296 to Westminster Abbey, where it now is.
(John Bartholomew, Gazetteer of the British Isles (1887))
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| Feature Description: | "parish" (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions") |
| Administrative units: | Scone ScoP Perthshire ScoCnty |
| Place: | Scone |
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