Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for Busby

Busby, town, E. Kilbride par., Lanarkshire, and Mearns par., Renfrewshire, on White Cart river, 7 miles S. of Glasgow by rail, pop. 2155; P.O., T.O. It has cotton-mills and print-works, and the dist. is rich in minerals.


(John Bartholomew, Gazetteer of the British Isles (1887))

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Feature Description: "town"   (ADL Feature Type: "cities")
Administrative units: East Kilbride ScoP       Lanarkshire ScoCnty
Place: Busby

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