BONNYBRIDGE, a village, in the parish of Falkirk,
county of Stirling, 4 miles (W. S. W.) from
Falkirk; containing 184 inhabitants. This village is
pleasantly situated on the turnpike road to Glasgow,
and on the eastern bank of the river Bonny, which separates
the western portion of the parish from the parishes
of Denny and Dunipace. The inhabitants are chiefly
employed in agriculture, and in the various works in the
neighbourhood. At Bonnymuir, in the immediate vicinity,
is a distillery, in which about twelve persons are
regularly engaged, and which, on an average, pays
gov'ernment duties amounting to £150 weekly; and at
Bonnyside is a saw-mill, driven by water, where fourteen
persons are employed. A school has been established
here, the master of which receives a salary of £4, arising
from a bequest of £100 by jNIr. Scott; he has also a
house and garden rent-free. In the neighbourhood of
Bonnybridge is a small burying-place.