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874:Holy Family
842:W. H. Auden
789:(1809-1884)
750:World War I
655:Louis Davis
635:Glassingall
628:Louis Davis
617:Louis Davis
552:misericords
465:St Laurence
294:Minister(s)
266:Six storeys
237:Years built
192:Saint Blane
101: /
89:3°57′54.9″W
1427:Categories
1334:Cathedrals
1286:, 1804 at
1080:References
959:lithograph
854:St Blane's
830:E. V. Rieu
738:war graves
482:after the
476:Strathearn
441:Romanesque
383:Designated
344:Designated
277:Presbytery
252:Number of
188:Founder(s)
1049:, pianist
1018:Malise II
996:(1941–42)
862:St Mary's
856:(another
613:St George
569:in 1912.
522:the Crown
492:cathedral
1177:Cwgc.org
1068:See also
1054:Weddings
771:(d.1271)
765:(d.1258)
544:sacristy
511:Stobhall
461:St Blane
434:Scotland
430:Stirling
426:Dunblane
424:serving
282:Stirling
232:(mostly)
1468:Culdees
1412:Commons
1336:of the
1022:Mormaer
1012:Burials
900:Gallery
761:Bishop
748:during
744:in the
728:Burials
690:c, 1922
600:in the
533:Muthill
480:bishops
455:History
395:SM90109
356:LB26361
177:Founded
164:History
146:Website
114:Country
1139:16 May
980:, 1692
878:Quaker
876:, the
742:gunner
707:c.1922
700:c.1922
445:Gothic
288:Clergy
254:towers
230:Gothic
206:Active
169:Status
680:with
604:, by
500:choir
303:Laity
225:Style
1209:2018
1184:2018
1141:2012
915:nave
913:The
608:1926
594:font
542:and
155:.org
1295:by
1278:by
1227:BBC
864:(a
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626:by
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509:of
157:.uk
151:www
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