Westmuir

Westmuir
   1) WESTMUIR, a village, in that part of the parish of Kirriemuir which formed the late quoad sacra parish of Logie, county of Forfar; containing 209 inhabitants.
   2) WESTMUIR, a village, in the late ecclesiastical district of Shettleston, within the jurisdiction of the city of Glasgow, county of Lanark. This place is also called Shettleston, which see.

A Topographical dictionary of Scotland. . 1856.

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