AUCHINLOCH, a hamlet, in the former quoad sacra
parish of Chryston, parish of Caddf.r, Lower ward of
the county of Lanark, 2 miles (S.) from the town of
Kirkintilloch; containing 13S inhabitants. This village
has its name from a considerable loch now drained,
and owes its origin to the mines of coal in its immediate
vicinity, which have been worked on a moderate scale
by its inhabitants, though the quality is scarcely good
enough to remunerate the expense of obtaining it.
There are also limestone-quarries, from which materials
are raised for building and agricultural purposes, and for
which works have been established at Garnkirk. In the
village is a school endowed by Patrick Baird with £300,
the interest whereof is paid annually to the master.