ALEXANDRIA, a quoad sacra parish (for a time), in
the parish of Bonhill, county of Dumbarton; containing
3397 inhabitants, of whom 3039 are in the
village, 4 miles (N.) from Dumbarton. This village is
on the west bank of the river Leven, and its population
has of late years very considerably increased, owing to
the establishment of bleach-fields and print-fields in the
parish; the persons employed here, in these works, are
very numerous. Alexandria church is a handsome
edifice, and contains about 1000 sittings; the minister's
stipend is £'206. 17. 4., with a manse, a glebe valued at
£6. 13. 4. per annum, and a right to fuel on a moss,
commuted for £4 worth of coal, and 13«. Sd. money.
In the village is a place of worship for Independents.
See Bonhill.