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1356 BANNOCKBURN.
Chalmers David, tailor, Main street
Christie John, gro. & 6pirit dlr. Quakerfield
Co-operative Society Limited
Cowan Sarah (Mrs.), farmer, Bogend farm
Denovan Isabella (Miss), milliner
Denovan James, tailor & clothier, New rd
Denovan Margaret (Mrs.), grocer & spirit
dealer, Main street
Dewar William, watchmaker, Taylor's
(Quakerfield) buildingB
Durham John B. joiner
Fever Hospital (Alex. Chalmers M.B.,
CM. visiting physician; Miss Gibbins,
matron)
Fisher William, watch maker & iron-
monger, Main street
Forfar Peter Mitchell, draper
Forsyth Robert & James, manufacturing
confectioners
Graham James, dairyman, Hill head
Haggie Elizabeth(Mrs.), shopkeeper, Main st
Harvey & Harris, clothiers & tailors
Jenkins James, registrar of births, deaths
& marriages
Kay John, tailor, Quakerfield
Kerr James, ironmonger
McCowan Andrew, boot & shoe maker
Macfarlane Thomas Longlands M.B., CM.
surgeon, Main street
Hclnnes Mary (Miss), shopkeeper
Mcintosh George, hair dresser & news
agent, Taylors (Quakerfield) buildings
Mcfctnlay Jn. watch ma. & jeweller.Main si
McLaren Catherine (Miss), dress maker.
Main street
McQue Adam, tailor & clothier
McQue Christina (Mrs.), statnr. Main st
McQue David, spirit dealer, Main street
Macrae Joseph, insurance agent
Meldrum Alexander, cycle maker,Quakerfld
Mercer Susan (Miss), bookseller & sta-
tioner, Main street
Mitchell Andrew, grocer & prov. dealer
Morrison David Russell, chemist, Main st
Morrison John M.B., CM. surgn.Craigalea
Muirhead Robert Cumming, grocer & wine
& spirit dealer
Muirhead William, baker
MuirheadWilliam,grocr.& wine & spirit mer
Nicoll James, grocer & wine & spirit dlr.
New road
Msbet George, Volunteer Arms P.H
Paterson Robert, commercial hotel, Main st
Public Hall (William Nicol, Main st. sec)
Robertson & Macfarlane, (rrcrs.& spirit dlrs
Stevens James, blacksmith
Stevenson David, horse hirer
Taylor Robert, horse hirer
Templeton Thomas, householder, The Firs
Thomson George, manager
Thomson Robert, butcher, Main street
Tortolano Beneditto, ice cream merchant
Turnbull John, plumber
Wallace John, slater
Whitehead Stewart, painter & glazier
Wilson William & Son, woollen manufactrs
Wilson Agnes (Miss), dress maker
Wilson William, boot repairer, Taylor's
(Quakerfield) buildings
Wright Walter, Empire Bar P.H
Young John, butcher. Main street
BANTON is a quoad sacra parish, formed
from Kilsyth, and is about 2 miles north-
east from Colziuru station on the Lambert
and Kilsyth section of the Caledonian rail-
way, and about G south-west from Denny.
The population in 1901 waB 1,314.
Post Oflice ; Andrew Stark, sub-postmaster.
Letters through Glasgow. Delivery, 9.30
a.m. ; dispatch, 12.35 p.m. Postal orders
are issued & paid here. Nearest money
order & telegraph office is at Holland-
bush, 3 miles distant
Parish Church, Rev. John Livingston
Board School, for 270 children; average
attendance, 133 ; William Armstrong,
master; Miss Annie Milligan, mistress
Livingston Rev. John, The Manse
COMMERCIAL.
Banton Brick Co. brick manufacturers
Co-operative Society Limited
Evangelical Hall
McDonald Jane (Mrs.), public house keeper
Miller William, grocer & general dealer
Provan John, grocer & spirit dealer
Shaw John, lappet manufacturer, see J. &
P. Wilson
Stark Andrew, grocer & general dealer,
& post office
Wilson J. & P. power loom lappet manufac-
turers, Valley Bank mill
BLACKBKAES. see Shield Hill.
BLAIR LOGIS, see LOGIK.
BLANEFIEX.D, see Strathblane.
STIRLINGSHIRE.
BONNYBBIDGE is a modern town
of considerable importance, on the Bonny
water and the Firth and Clyde canal, and
has two railway stations, one belonging to
the Caledonian, the other to the Caledonian
and North British Companies jointly, and
within a radius of a mile are the High
station and Greenhill Junction station, also
on the Caledonian system. The village is
4 miles west from Falkirk, 9 south from
Stirling and 17 north-west from Glasgow.
Bonnybridge was formed into a quoad sacra
parish in 1878, from Denny, Dunipace and
Falkirk civil parishes. The foundry of
Smith and Wellstood Limited, on the banks
of the Forth and Clyde canal, is celebrated
for the manufacture of light and orna-
mental castings and American stoves ;
there are also Oswald and Hall's paper
mills, five brick works, two saw mills,
grain mills, chemical works and collieries.
The Established church is a plain stone
edifice, erected in 1878, and has about 600
sittings. In the village is a large public
hall. The population of the ecclesiastical
parish in 1901 was 4,264, and of the town.
3,009.
Post, T., M. O., T. M. O., E. D., P. P.
S. B. & A. & I. 0. (Railway Sub-Office
Letters should be addressed R.S.O. Stir
lingshire) ; John Gorham, postmaster.
Deliveries, 7 a.m. & 2 & 7.15 p.m
dispatches, 9.35 a.m. & 12.10, 5.35, 5.55
& 8.40 p.m
Post & T. 0. Greenhill; William Hannah,
sub-postmaster. Letters through Bonny-
bridge R.S.O. Deliveries, 7.45 a.m. &
4.45 & 9 p.m. ; dispatches, 11.40 a.m. &
5 « 8.5 p.m. Postal Orders are issued
6 paid here. Bonnyridge, 1 mile distant,
is the nearest money order office
Police Station, William Dawson, constable
Conservative Rooms, T. W. Hutchens. sec
Established Church, Bev. James Steele M.A
Board Schools : —
Bonnybridge, William Gillespie, master
Greenhill, John Davidson, master
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RAILWAY STATIONS.
Bonnybridge, Wm. P. Gordon, station mastr
On the Bonnybridge & Kilsyth branch.
Bonnybridge(Central),Jas.Grant,station mst
On the Glasgow section of the Caledonian
line.
Bonnybridge (High station), William King,
station master
On the main line of the Caledonian railway
between Glasgow & Perth.
Greenhill Junction,Jas. Hughes, statn.mast
PRIVATE RESIDENTS.
Dougall Misses, Woodleigh house
Gillespie Allan, Ureallan"pnrfc
Gillespie Wm. Peter, Fairholme cottage
Graham John, Clayknowes
Hall James, Ingleside
Hall Miss, Broomhill
Lochhead Robert Hill
McGregor Charles
Oswald John, Bronmhill
Paterson George. Thornton
Paterson Mrs. Lilybank
Steele Rev. James M.A. (Estab.), TheManse
Stein J
Stirling John, Bonnyfield
Thomson Robert, Bonnybank cottage
Towers Walter, Myreton cottage
Ure George J. P. Wheatlands
Ure George R. Hope park
Ore James, Greenbank
Ure Miss, Dufield cottage
Wilson James, Bonnybank
Wilson William, Bonnycott cottage
Young John M.B. Mora cottage
Young Mrs. Milnquarter house
COMMERCIAL. â– 
Auld Robert, beer retailer
Banknock Coal Co. Limited, coal masters
Bonnybridge Co-operative Society Limited
Bonnybridge Silica & Fire Clay Co. manu-
facturers of fire clay bricks and ganister
bricks of every description, grate backs
of all kinds; TA " Silica, Bonnybridge."
See advert
Brown John, grocer
Buckle Robert, miller, Bonny mill
Burns A. & M. confectioners
Cameron James, bank clerk
Commercial Bank of Scotland Limited
(branch) (Robert Hill Lochhead, agent);
draw on London office, 62 Lombard st.
E C & Coutts & Co. W C, London
Cuthill Archibald, dairyman
Davidson John, school master, Greenhill
Dougall James & Sons Lim. manufacturer*
of highest quality silica & fire clay bricks.
& blocks ; silver medal, Edinburgh, 18'J0,.
Bonnyside Fire Clay works ; TA" Ganis-
ter, Bonnybridge." See advert
Dougall Janet & Margaret (Misses;, grocers
& drapers
Gillespie William, schoolmaster
Gillies David & Sons Ltd. engineers,.
blacksmiths & tool makers
Glen Yard Fire Clay Co. fire brick &c. masv
Gordon William P. station rna?n;r
Gorham John, post office
Grant James, station master
Gray Margaret & Janet (Misses), stationers
Gray James, cartwright & joiner
Hannah Wm.grocr.& postmaster, Greenhill
Hughes James, station master
King William, station master
Lochhead Robert Hill, agent Commercial
Bank of Scotland Limited
Lockhart David, butcher
McCallum Jessie (Mrs.), grocer
McCulloch John, grocer & spirit dealer
McKuid John, excise officer, Bankier
Menzies James, cartwright & joiner
Milnquarter Chemical Co. manufg. chemists-
Mitchell Alexander, clerk
Mitchell George, iron founder, Bonnymuir
foundry
Mitchell McMath. professor of music
Mitchell Robina (Miss), milliner
Mitchell William.manager, Dalmeny cnttage.
Mochrie James, manager, Hawarden cot
Monteath Alexander, Royal hotel
Morton Anne (Mrs.), grocer
Morrison Robert, beer retailer
â– \icoll William, fruiterer & confectioner
Ogilvie John, grocer & tailor
Oswald & Hall, paper makers, Bonnybridge:
paper works; TA " Oswald, Bonnybridge"
Panton Robert, tailor
Paterson Alexander & George, timber mer-
chants & saw mill owners
Porteous James, grocer
Scott William, boot maker
Smith Brothers, booksellers, ironmongers
& painters
Smith & Wellstood Limited, american stoTie
& range manufacturers & iron founders,
Columbian stove works & Bonnybridge
foundry ; T N 540 (Glasgow) ; TA " Well-
stood, Bonnybridge "
Stanners William & Clark, painters
Stein J. G. & Co. fire brick &c. makers
Turnbull George & Co. fire brick &c. makrs
Ure Agnes (Mrs.). householder, Viewfield cot
Wands Isabella (Mrs.), confectioner
Welsh William, photographer
Wilson James & Thomas, timber merchants
& saw mill owners, Bonnybank saw mill
Young John M.B., CM. surgeon, & cer-
tifying factory surgeon
BOTHKENNAB is a quoad sacra*-
parish in Falkirk and Grangemouth civil
parishes and in Falkirk small debt court-
district, and is about 2 miles long by an
equal breadth, bounded on the north by
the parish of Airth, on the west by the
parish of Larbert, on the south by the
parishes of Falkirk and Polmont, and
on the east by the river Forth. The-
church is about 2 miles north-west from
Grangemouth station on the Caledonian
and North British railways, and 3 north
from Falkirk. The parish is a rich and 1
fertile district, and there is abundance
of coal, which is worked to supply the
Carron Co. The Marquess of Zetland K.T.,
P.C. ; the Carron Co. ; the trustees of the.
late George Dundas esq. of Carron Hall;.
the trustees of the late William Dawson
esq. of Powfoulis; Henry Burn Callander-
esq, of Preston Hall, Dalkeith; Charles E-
Walker Ogilvie, of Orchard Head, and
Alexander Nimme esq. of West Bank,.
Falkirk, are the principal landowners. The
population in 1901 was 1,972.
Post, M. O., T., T. M. 0., E. D., P. P.,.
S. B. & A. & I. O. ; Mrs. Ann Aitken,.
sub-postmistress. Letters through-
Carron R.S.O. Stirlingshire. Delivery,
7.45 a.m. ; dispatches, 9 a.m. & 3.15 p.m.'
PARISH COUNCIL.
Chairman, John Fairlie
Clerk & Inspector of Poor, John Gentles^
Polmont station
Collector of Rates, William S. Sharp,
Grangemouth
Medical Officer, Joseph McGowan M.B.,.
CM. Grangemouth
Registrar of Births, Deaths & Marriages*
William P. Cooper, School house
Police Station, Peter Bauld, constable in
charge
Established Church,Rev. George D. Huttoai