CLARKSTON, a village, in the parish of Cathcart,
Upper ward of the county of Renfrew, 2 miles (S. by
W.) from Cathcart; containing 180 inhabitants. It lies
on the south-western confines of the parish, and on the
road from Eaglesham to Cathcart. In the village is a
good school, chiefly frequented, from its contiguity to
Busby, in the parish of Mearns, by the children of that
place; the master has an endowment of £10 per annum,
from the proprietors of the public works at Busby.