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Originally appearing in Volume V02, Page 451 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.

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SALTCOATS (pop. 8120)

SALTCOATS (pop. 8120) , a mile to the See also:

south, is a popular See also:

sea-See also:

side resort, with a brisk See also:

trade, due to its proximity to See also:

ARDROSSAN

Ardrossan and See also:

STEVENSTON

Stevenston; the making of See also:

salt, once a leading See also:

INDUSTRY (Lat. industria, from indu-, a form of the pre, position in, and either stare, to stand, or struere, to pile up)

industry, has ceased. Ardrossan See also:

DATES

dates from an See also:

early See also:

period. The name See also:

Arthur of Ardrossan is found in connexion with a See also:

CHARTER (Lat. charta, carta, from Gr. Xap-rns, originally for papyrus, material for writing, thence transferred to paper and from this material to the document, in O. Eng. boc, book)

charter dated 1226; and See also:

SIR

Sir Fergus of Ardrossan accompanied See also:

EDWARD

Edward See also:

Bruce in his Irish expedition in 1316, and in 1320 signed the See also:

APPEAL

appeal to the See also:

pope, made by the barons of See also:

Scotland, against the aggressions of See also:

England. The See also:

FAMILY

family of Ardrossan is now merged, by See also:

MARRIAGE

marriage, in that of the See also:

EARL

earl of See also:

EGLINTON, EARLS OF

Eglinton and Winton. The See also:

castle where See also:

Wallace surprised the See also:

ENGLISH

English See also:

garrison and threw their corpses into the See also:

DUNGEON

dungeon, grimly styled " Wallace's Larder," was finally destroyed by See also:

Cromwell, who is said to have used See also:

PART

part of its See also:

MASONRY

masonry for the construction of the fort at See also:

AYR

Ayr; but its ruins still exist.

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