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In 1882-4, Frances Groome's Ordnance Gazetteer of Scotland described Brightons like this:
Brightons, a village in Polmont parish, Stirlingshire, adjacent to the Union Canal, and near Polmont station, ¾ mile SW of Polmont village. Sandstone is quarried in its vicinity.
Brightons is now part of FALKIRK Council. Click here for graphs and data of how FALKIRK has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Brightons itself, go to Statistics.
How to reference this page:
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Brightons, in Falkirk and Stirlingshire | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/21725
Date accessed: 08th April 2026
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