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STONEHOUSE

Volume 20 · 117 words · 1860 Edition

a village of Scotland, Lanarkshire, 15 miles S.E. of Glasgow. It consists chiefly of thatched houses, and contains an Established church, a Free church, and a United Presbyterian church. The people are largely employed in weaving silk, cotton, and woollen fabrics, and there are in the vicinity coal-pits, lime-kilns, and brick-works. Pop. of the parish, 2781.

a village of England, in the county of Gloucester, 3 miles W. of Stroud. It has an old parish church, places of worship for Wesleyans and Independents, an endowed school, and manufactories of cloth. It stands on the Stroudwater Canal, and is a station on the Great Western Union Railway. Pop. of the parish, 2589.

a suburb of Plymouth. See PLYMOUTH.