Tommy Palmer of Maddiston was a member of the Special Air Service (SAS) and was involved in the Iranian Embassy Siege 1981.  He received The Queen's Gallantry Medal and also served in The Falklands War 1982.  He died in a road Traffic accident in Northern Ireland in 1983.

Owner of the Custonhall Chemical Works from 1837 to 1892 which supplied dyes to the calico printers before turning instead to making lacquers and enamels for the iron industry.

Former wood adjacent to site of development visible on 1919-1944 historic maps.

In 1915 the train carrying soldiers bound for Gallipoli in Turkey crashed at Quintinshill near Gretna.  The troops had left Larbert station after a short period of training.   239 were killed. 

Before the construction of Denny High School there was a golf course on the site.

Cuthel is an ancient name for a small wood.  Many families had Cuthel as a surname and this gave rise to Cuthel Town or Cuthelton.