Campsie, East Dunbartonshire

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Campsie is a civil parish in East Dunbartonshire, Scotland. The parish was formerly part of Stirlingshire. [1]

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  1. 1 2 "1901 - Ordnance Gazetteer of Scotland". National Library of Scotland. Retrieved 14 March 2018.

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