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KILSYTH

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Originally appearing in Volume V15, Page 798 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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KILSYTH , a See also:

police See also:burgh of See also:Stirlingshire, See also:Scotland, on the See also:Kelvin, 13 in. N.N.E. of See also:Glasgow by the See also:North See also:British railway, and See also:close to the Forth and See also:Clyde See also:canal. Pop. (1901), 7292. The See also:principal buildings are the See also:town and public halls, and the See also:academy. The See also:chief See also:industries are See also:coal-See also:mining and See also:iron-See also:works; there are also manufactures of See also:paper and See also:cotton, besides See also:quarrying of whinstone and See also:sandstone. There are considerable remains of the See also:Wall of See also:Antoninus See also:south of the town, and to the north the ruins of the old See also:castle. Kilsyth See also:dates from the See also:middle of the 17th See also:century and became a burgh of See also:barony in 1826. It was the See also:scene of See also:Montrose's defeat of the See also:Covenanters on the 15th of See also:August 1645. The town was the centre of remarkable religious revivals in 1742-3 and 1839, the latter conducted by See also:William See also:Chalmers See also:Burns (1815-1868), the missionary to See also:China.

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