Dalry
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- A small town in North Ayrshire council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NS2949)
- An inner city area of Edinburgh, Scotland.
- Short for St John's Town of Dalry, Dumfries and Galloway.
- 1980, AA Book of British Villages, Drive Publications Ltd, page 142:
- St John was the patron saint of the Knights Hospitallers - the medieval religious order - who once owned the land on which Dalry lies. Because of this, the full name of the village is St John's Town of Dalry.
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