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Minor expand. (Merging individual towns into the main article for a nation will rapidly become unfeasible; though it may work better at a provincial level..)
'''Kilmarnock''' is a large market town in [[Ayrshire]], in the [[Scottish Lowlands]] south of [[Glasgow]].
Historically, important local industries have included [[coal]]-mining, [[carpet]]-making (including the carpets of the [[Titanic]]) and locomotive manufacture.
[[William Wallace]] is now widely believed to have been born in Kilmarnock.
[[Robert Burns]]' first collection of poems was published in Kilmarnock.
Kilmarnock Football Club is the oldest professional [[soccer|football]] club in Scotland.
== External Links ==
[http://freespace.virgin.net/kilmarnock.org.uk/index.html History of Kilmarnock]
[[Category:UK Towns and Cities]]