Tranent

Tranent

Tranent, Marktflecken in der schottischen Grafschaft Haddington, zwischen dem Tym u. dem Frith of Forth, unweit der Eisenbahn von Edinburg nach Haddington; 3000 Ew., Steinkohlenhandel.


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