The Overtoun Story
The story of Overtoun is the story of the people who lived there and who turned it into an estate and a house. It is also the story of the land and a building that has performed many different functions throughout it's life.	Overtoun House, a Victorian country mansion.

Timeline

Early Inhabitants
Stone Age	First evidence of hunter gathers in area
Neolithic Age	First settlements and agriculture in area
Iron Age	Celts arrive and set up communities in area
80 AD	Romans invade Scotland
386 AD	Romans depart Scotland
870 AD	Viking destroy kingdom of the Britons based at Dumbarton
1241 AD	Clan Colquhon established by the Kilpatricks
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The Estate
14th century	The "Overtoun of Colquhon" estate sold to unknown buyer
1761	Gabriel Lang of Greenock buys the Overtoun land from the Garshack Estate and builds a cattle farm on it.
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The House
1859	James White a wealthy industrialist buys the Overtoun estate
1862	The house designed by architect James Smith is completed and James White move in
1884	James White dies and succeeded by his only son John Campbell White.
1891	James White's wife dies and John White moves into the house.
1893	John White made a life peer and becomes Lord Overtoun.
1895	West Drive and Overtoun Bridge completed
1908	Lord Overtoun dies and is succeeded by his nephew Douglas White
1939	Douglas White bequeaths Overtoun House to the people of Dumbarton.
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The Bequeath
1939	House taken over by Dumbarton Town Country Parks Department.
1948	House converted to a Maternity Hospital
1970	Maternity Hospital closes
1975-76	House chosen for government Quality of Life experiment
1994	YWAM moves out of Overtoun House
2001	Bob & Melissa Hill sign lease for Overtoun House
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