Editing Clydebank (section)

===Early origins===
Clydebank is located within the historical boundaries of the ancient [[Kingdom of Strathclyde]], the [[Mormaerdom]] of [[Lennox (district)|Lennox]], and the [[parish]] of [[Old Kilpatrick]] (12th century), on the north bank of the [[River Clyde]]. A long-standing local legend is that the village of Old Kilpatrick derived its name from being the birthplace of [[Saint Patrick]], the patron saint of [[Ireland]].<ref name="statacct1">{{cite book |title=The Statistical Account of Scotland 1791–1799 |volume=5 |pages=229–240 |chapter=Number XV. Old Kilpatrick (County of Dumbarton.) |author=Davidson, The Rev. Mr. John |editor=Sinclair, Sir John |location=Wakefield |publisher=E. P. Publishing |year=1973–83 |orig-year=First published 1799 }}</ref>

The town encompasses part of the [[Antonine Wall]], including, at [[Hardgate]]/[[Duntocher]], the site of one of the forts built at regular intervals along the wall. In 2008, the Antonine Wall was designated as a [[World Heritage Site]], as part of a multinational Heritage Site encompassing the borders of the [[Roman Empire]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.antoninewall.org/index.php |title=(Press release) Antonine Wall Gains World Heritage Site Status |date=7 July 2008 |work=Antonine Wall}}</ref>

Before 1870, the area which later became Clydebank was largely rural, and agricultural. It consisted of some villages (Kilbowie, [[Drumry]], Hardgate, [[Faifley]], Duntocher, [[Dalmuir]], Old Kilpatrick), farms and estates (Dalnotter House, Mountblow House, Dalmuir House, Auchentoshan House, Park Hall, Boquhanran House, and West Barns of Clyde), with some small scale mining operations ([[coal]], [[limestone]] and [[whinstone]]), several paper and [[cotton mill]]s and some small boatbuilding yards.<ref name="statacct1" /><ref>{{cite book |title=The New Statistical Account of Scotland 1834–1845 |volume=8 |pages=15–35 |chapter=Parish of Old Kilpatrick (Presbytery of Dumbarton, Synod of Glasgow and Ayr) |author=Barclay, The Rev. Matthew |location=Edinburgh |publisher=William Blackwood & Sons |year=1845 }}</ref>