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  2. List of local government areas in Scotland (1930–1975)

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    In the case of twenty-nine counties they were governed by a county council consisting partly of members nominated by the town councils of burghs in the county and partly by directly elected councillors for the "landward" areas of the county. The chairman of a county council was known as the "convener".

  3. Landward - Wikipedia

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    In 1976 an increase in the output of farming and rural affairs programming led to the introduction of Landward. [1] The issues which Landward addresses are generally those within the rural public consciousness of Scotland, itself a country with a large farming community. Additionally, the show features stories covering Scotland's vast landscape ...

  4. Crossword abbreviations - Wikipedia

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    Taking this one stage further, the clue word can hint at the word or words to be abbreviated rather than giving the word itself. For example: "About" for C or CA (for "circa"), or RE. "Say" for EG, used to mean "for example". More obscure clue words of this variety include: "Model" for T, referring to the Model T.

  5. East Neuk and Landward (ward) - Wikipedia

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    East Neuk and Landward Party Candidate FPv% % Seat Count Liberal Democrats: Elizabeth Riches: 1,696 31.1 1 1 Conservative: Mike Scott-Hayward† 1,515 27.8 2 1 SNP: Margaret Wight 1,041 19.1 Liberal Democrats: Donald MacGregor: 816 15.0 3 4 Labour: Reta Russell 387 7.1

  6. Renfrewshire (historic) - Wikipedia

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    Renfrewshire or the County of Renfrew is a historic county, registration county and lieutenancy area in the west central Lowlands of Scotland.The lieutenancy area covers the three modern council areas of Inverclyde, Renfrewshire and East Renfrewshire, and this area is occasionally termed Greater Renfrewshire to distinguish it from the modern council area called Renfrewshire.

  7. Local government areas of Scotland (1975–1996) - Wikipedia

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    The local government areas of Scotland were redefined by the Local Government (Scotland) Act 1973 and redefined again by the Local Government etc (Scotland) Act 1994.. The 1973 Act created a system of nine two-tier regions and three islands areas, and this system completely replaced local government counties and burghs in 1975. [1]

  8. List of cities with defensive walls - Wikipedia

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    The landward side of the old town is still completely surrounded by an earthen rampart with five bastions. The last remaining gate facing the landward side of the city is the 17th-century Koepoort. The most impressive remnant of the fortifications is the 16th-century 'Drommedaris' gate, which stands near the harbor. Franeker: Friesland

  9. Crossword - Wikipedia

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    An American-style 15×15 crossword grid layout. A crossword (or crossword puzzle) is a word game consisting of a grid of black and white squares, into which solvers enter words or phrases ("entries") crossing each other horizontally ("across") and vertically ("down") according to a set of clues. Each white square is typically filled with one ...