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Bridgend
Perth and KinrossA largely residential suburb of Perth in Central Perth and Kinross, Bridgend lies to the east of the River Tay and a quarter-mile (0.5 km) east of the town centre, facing the bridge built by the engineer John Smeaton in 1766-70. It was once a leper colony and the locus for 'undesirables', described in 1736 as a sorry village with a few thatched hovels except for the house at the shore where the ferry boat landed. Smeaton's new bridge , which replaced one swept away by the river in 1621, brought prosperity.
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