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A Vision of Britain through Time provides the following description of Milton of Campsie from Frances Groome's Ordnance Gazetteer of Scotland of 1882-84:
- "Milton or Milton of Campsie, a village in Campsie parish, S Stirlingshire, on the banks of the Glazert, with a station on the Campsie and Blane Valley section of the North British railway, 1½ mile N of Kirkintilloch, 2 miles ESE of Lennoxtown, and 9½ NNE of Glasgow. It is in the near vicinity of two print-works, Kincaid (1785) and Lillyburn (1831); shares in the industry of a populous and productive district; and has a post office under Glasgow, with money order, savings' bank, and telegraph departments. Pop. (1861) 562, (1871) 714, (1881) 555.—Ord. Sur., sh. 31, 1867."
- the text in this section is based on an article in Wikipedia
Milton of Campsie is a large village situated in East Dunbartonshire, Scotland roughly 10 miles north of Glasgow. Nestling at the foot of the Campsie Fells, it is neighboured by Kirkintilloch and Lennoxtown.
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