Saltcoats, a watering-place of Ayrshire, on the Firth of Clyde, 1 mile ESE. of Ardrossan and 30 miles SW. of Glasgow. It was an important seat of salt manufacture from 1686 to 1827. Pop. (1841) 4233; (1891) 5895.
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Chambers's Encyclopaedia, Volume 9: Bound to Swansea, p. 122
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