FORTH, a village, in the parish of Carnworth,
Upper ward of the county of Lanark, 85 miles (N. E.
by E.) from Lanark; containing 357 inhabitants. This
is a modern village, seated on the road from Lanark to
Whitburn. It may be almost regarded as an appendage
to Wilsontown, being chiefly inhabited by persons employed
in the coal and iron mines connected with the
extensive iron-works of that place, founded by the
Messrs. Wilson of London, about the year 1*60.