MILTON, a village, in the parish of Old-Kilpatrick,
county of Dumbarton, 8 miles (E. by S.) from
Dumbarton; containing 341 inhabitants. This is one
of a cluster of villages in a large manufacturing district
in the eastern part of the parish, and derives its prosperity
from extensive cotton- works established by William
Dunn, Esq., a wealthy and enterprising landowner
here, about the year 1821. The factory was built on
the site of the old Dalnotter iron-works; a bleachfield
and some printing-works were subsequently added, and
they are all now in full operation, employing the whole
population of the village and its immediate neighbourhood:
a powerful steam-engine was erected in 1835.
The quantity of cotton goods annually produced at this
place, and at the mills of Duntocher, Faifley, and Hardgate,
within less than a mile of the village, may be stated
at 2,000,000 of yards. The road from Dumbarton to
Kirkintilloch passes through the district. A school has
been established for the children of the work-people.