In 1882-4, Frances Groome's Ordnance Gazetteer of Scotland described Banton like this:
Banton, a village in Kilsyth parish, Stirlingshire, 2½ miles NE by E of Kilsyth town. It has a post office under Denny, and it is inhabited principally by colliers and ironstone miners. Low Banton hamlet lies ½ mile to the S, and ¼ further SSE is a chapel of ease, erected in 1880 into the church of a quoad sacra parish. A public school, with accommodation for 173 children, had (1879) an average attendance of 165, and a grant of £153,11s. 11d. Pop. of quoad sacra parish (1881) 793.
Banton through time
Banton is now part of North Lanarkshire district. Click here for graphs and data of how North Lanarkshire has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Banton itself, go to Units and Statistics.
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Banton, in North Lanarkshire and Stirlingshire | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/22343
Date accessed: 19th April 2024
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