Banton, a village in Kilsyth parish, Stirlingshire, 2½ miles NE by E of Kilsyth town. It has a post office under Denny, and it is inhabited principally by colliers and ironstone miners. Low Banton hamlet lies ½ mile to the S, and ¼ further SSE is a chapel of ease, erected in 1880 into the church of a quoad sacra parish. A public school, with accommodation for 173 children, had (1879) an average attendance of 165, and a grant of £153,11s. 11d. Pop. of quoad sacra parish (1881) 793.
Auchinmully, or Lower Banton, a village in Kilsyth parish, Stirlingshire, 2½ miles ENE of Kilsyth. It is inhabited chiefly by miners, colliers, and sickle-makers. The church of Banton stands about ¼ mile to the S.
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