by King Charles II in 1661. By 1715, the Livingstones were supporting the Jacobite rebels, and had their estates confiscated. Later landowners were the Edmonstone family, who built Colzium House in 1783 and rebuilt it in 1861. It is now a museum in a public park.

In 1826, Kilsyth was given burgh status, enabling it to have burgesses and a market.