John G. Stein was the founder of one of the districts’ most famous and successful companies.  They manufactured fire bricks and building bricks for over a century. 

Local Street names themed on flowers.

A local place name first recorded in 1711.  It lay close to the Pow Burn. 

Many men of the Royal Scots were killed in the Quintinshill rail disaster of 1915 when their troop train crashed near Gretna having left from their camp in Larbert.

Associated with Carron Company.  Benjamin Franklin the famous 18th century American politician and scientist was a close associate of the Carron Company and visited in 1771. 

The gardens are located close to the River Carron.