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Falkirk

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Fal·kirk  (fôlkûrk)
A burgh of central Scotland west of Edinburgh. At the Battle of Falkirk (1298), said to be the first battle in which the longbow proved decisive, the troops of English king Edward I defeated the Scots under Sir William Wallace. Population: 32,900.

Falkirk [ˈfɔːlkɜːk]
n
1. (Placename) a town in Scotland, the administrative centre of Falkirk council area: scene of Edward I's defeat of Wallace (1298) and Prince Charles Edward's defeat of General Hawley (1746); iron works. Pop.: 35 610 (1991)
2. (Placename) a council area in central Scotland, on the Firth of Forth: created in 1996 from part of Central Region: largely agricultural, with heavy industry in Falkirk and Grangemouth. Administrative centre: Falkirk. Pop.: 145 191 (2001). Area: 299 sq. km (115 sq. miles)


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