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    The Firth of Forth (Scottish Gaelic: Linne Foirthe) is the estuary, or firth, of several Scottish rivers including the River Forth. It meets the North...
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    The Forth Bridge is a cantilever railway bridge across the Firth of Forth in the east of Scotland, 9 miles (14 kilometres) west of central Edinburgh. Completed...
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  • Collafirth/Colla Firth (two places of this name) Firths Voe, Firth Gon Firth Olna Firth Olnes Firth Quey Firth Unie Firth Ura Firth Burra Firth/Burrafirth (a...
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    Forth and Clyde Canal is a canal opened in 1790, crossing central Scotland; it provided a route for the seagoing vessels of the day between the Firth...
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    settlements, the water turns brackish, and is usually considered part of the Firth of Forth. In the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries, Stirling harbour was...
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    bridge in the world outside the United States. The bridge spans the Firth of Forth, connecting Edinburgh, at South Queensferry, to Fife, at North Queensferry...
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    of the Forth are a group of small islands located in the Firth of Forth and in the estuary of the River Forth on the east coast of Scotland. Most of the...
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    city of Scotland and one of its 32 council areas. The city is located in south-east Scotland, and is bounded to the north by the Firth of Forth estuary...
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    Inchgarvie (category Islands of the Forth)
    uninhabited island in the Firth of Forth. On the rocks around the island sit four caissons that make up the foundations of the Forth Bridge. Inchgarvie's fortifications...
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    also clusters of islands in the Firth of Clyde, Firth of Forth, and Solway Firth, and numerous small islands within the many bodies of fresh water in...
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  • Ports was established in 1967 as the Forth Ports Authority. It became responsible for pilotage on the Firth of Forth in 1988. It was privatised and first...
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    motorway across the Firth of Forth between Edinburgh, at South Queensferry, and Fife, at North Queensferry. Proposals for a second Forth Road crossing, to...
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    Romans across what is now the Central Belt of Scotland, between the Firth of Clyde and the Firth of Forth. Built some twenty years after Hadrian's Wall...
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    Rosyth (category Wikipedia articles in need of updating from June 2017)
    "headland of Fife") is a town in Fife, Scotland, on the Firth of Forth. Scotland's first Garden City, the town is located 3 miles south of Dunfermline...
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    Fife (redirect from Kingdom of Fife)
    registration county and lieutenancy area of Scotland. It is situated between the Firth of Tay and the Firth of Forth, with inland boundaries with Perth and...
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    Grangemouth Refinery is an oil refinery complex located on the Firth of Forth in Grangemouth, Scotland, currently operated by Petroineos. It is the only...
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  • beginning with Forth All pages with titles containing Forth Fort (disambiguation) Fourth (disambiguation) Sally Forth (disambiguation) Firth of Forth, an estuary...
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    the Humber, Peak District and the River Mersey on the south to the Firth of Forth on the north. Northumbria ceased to be an independent kingdom in the...
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    coast of Scotland. It is a joint venture between SSE Renewables and TotalEnergies, having exclusive development rights to the Firth of Forth zone of development...
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    Cramond Island (category Islands of the Forth)
    (Scottish Gaelic: Eilean Chair Amain)[citation needed] is one of several islands in the Firth of Forth in eastern Scotland, near Edinburgh. It lies off the foreshore...
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    Bo'ness (category Ports and harbours of Scotland)
    and seaport on the south bank of the Firth of Forth in the Central Lowlands of Scotland. Historically part of the county of West Lothian, it is a place...
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    considered part of Alba, which was seen as extending only between the Firth of Forth and the River Spey. The name of Alba is one of convenience, as throughout...
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    Leith (redirect from Burgh of Leith)
    southern coast of the Firth of Forth and lies within the City of Edinburgh council area; since 2007 it has formed one of 17 multi-member wards of the city....
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  • Kincardine-on-Forth is a town on the north shore of the Firth of Forth, in Fife, Scotland. The town was given the status of a burgh of barony in 1663...
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  • The Beggar's Benison (category Social history of Scotland)
    celebration of male sexuality". It was founded in 1732 in the town of Anstruther on the Firth of Forth and is often mentioned in descriptions of the libertine...
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    Culross (category Ports and harbours of Scotland)
    estimate, the village has a population of 395. Originally, Culross served as a port city on the Firth of Forth and is believed to have been founded by...
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    ten miles to the north-west of Edinburgh city centre, on the shore of the Firth of Forth between the Forth Bridge, Forth Road Bridge and the Queensferry...
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  • Cromarty dialect (category Dialects of languages with ISO 639-3 code)
    dialect of North Northern Scots was spoken in Cromarty, Scotland. The dialect originated from people who moved north from the Firth of Forth in the 15th...
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    transportation of goods wagons across the Firth of Forth from Burntisland in Fife to Granton. The ferry itself was built by Thomas Grainger, a partner of the firm...
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  • The title is a pun on the Firth of Forth, the estuary of the River Forth in Scotland. The song theme relates to the "river of constant change", as quoted...
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