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| KILSYTH (parish) | Kilsyth Parish (Continued) | [Continued from page 1] Continued an established Church, a Free Church, a U.P. [United Presbyterian] Church, and a Wesleyan Methodist, and Independent Chapels and at "Low Banton" there is a Chapel of Ease. Of Schools there are five in the Parish, three in the village viz. a Parish and Free Schools and a School for females, one at "Chapelgreen" and one at "Low Banton". There are several mills and factories, viz. A mill at "Queenzieburn" and another at "Craighead" which has been used for various purposes, A Corn Mill on "Garrel Burn" and another at "Auchincloch" where there is also a Charcoal Mill, At "Dovecotwood" the manufacture of Prolygneous Acid and Dye stuffs is carried on, where also Coke is made to a considerable extent, At "Low Banton" there is a Powerloom Factory employing 80 women weaving Lappet, and in Kilsyth village there are two Handloom Factories for the same purpose, There is a Sickle Mill at Banton where numbers of reaping hooks are made. The cultivated part of the Parish is abundant in Ironstone & Coal but they have not been wrought to any extent till recently, Limestone is now only wrought at "Westside", The glen through which the "Garrel Burn" runs affords excellent freestone, Whinstone is quarried at "Auchinstarry". Near Colzium there is a large Reservoir to supply the "Forth & Clyde Canal" with water and another in the bosom of the "Kilsyth Hills",. There are numerous remains of antiquity in this Parish. A considerable remnant of the strong "Castle of Colzium" still remains near "Colzium House" and near "Dovecotwood" is some fallen masonry indicating the spot where "Kilsyth Castle" stood, which was destroyed by Cromwell on his passage to Stirling, In the village is the "Mansion House" occupied by the Viscounts Kilsyth from the Restoration of Charles 2nd to the Rebellion of 1715, The Site of another Mansion House of the Livingstone family [Continued on page 3] |
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