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Dunoon (/ d u ˈ n uː n /; Scottish Gaelic: Dùn Omhain [t̪un ˈo.ɪɲ]) is the main town on the Cowal Peninsula in the south of Argyll and Bute, west of Scotland.It is located on the western shore of the upper Firth of Clyde, to the south of the Holy Loch and to the north of Innellan. [2]
Kirkliston Parish Church Medieval 1-123: Edinburgh: Dalmeny and Queensferry 9,479 Dalmeny Parish Church Medieval Queensferry Church 1635 Previously in the Presbytery of West Lothian 2-137: Bathgate: Boghall 4,684 Boghall Church, Bathgate 1958 2-138: Bathgate: Parish Church 16,077 Bathgate Parish Church 1884 2-140: 2-152: Livingston: Old 15,169
Kirn is a village on the Cowal Peninsula, in Argyll and Bute in the Scottish Highlands on the west shore of the Firth of Clyde on the Cowal peninsula. It now forms part of the continuous habitation between Dunoon and Hunters Quay, where the Holy Loch joins the Firth of Clyde.
From 1845 to 1930, parishes formed part of the local government system of Scotland: having parochial boards from 1845 to 1894, and parish councils from 1894 until 1930.. The parishes, which had their origins in the ecclesiastical parishes of the Church of Scotland, often overlapped county boundaries, largely because they reflected earlier territorial divisions.
Dunoon has no police stations; the nearest one is in Table View. In 2011, the population of Dunoon was 31,133 and the number of households was 11,496. [3] The main form of transport for Dunoon residents is the minibus taxi; the MyCiTi bus service opened a bus station to serve Dunoon on 1 March 2014. [4]
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Kirn & Sandbank Parish Church is a Church of Scotland church building in Kirn, Argyll and Bute, Scotland. It also serves the population of nearby Sandbank . The church is located on Kirn Brae at its junction with Marine Parade , which leads to and from Dunoon , about a mile to the southwest.
Open on the Firth of Clyde at its eastern end, the loch is approximately 1 mile (1.6 km) wide and between 2 and 3 miles (3 and 5 km) long, varying with the tide. Dunoon on the Cowal peninsula lies on the shores of the Clyde just to the south of the loch, and houses continue round the villages of Kirn, Hunters Quay, Ardnadam and past Lazaretto Point, the village of Sandbank, with open ...