On Croy Hill, to the north east of the village, are remnants of the Antonine Wall, built by the Romans between AD 142 and 144, including a fort and two beacon platforms.

[9] The modern settlement of Croy as it appears today is primarily the result of a coal mine being established in the mid-1800s.

This attracted a sizable population of Irish immigrants to the area seeking employment and is the reason for the village's strong Roman Catholic origins.

Locals affectionately refer to the row as 'Coronation Street' due to the similarity with the houses of the iconic UK television series.

[13] In 2002 the Croy Miners Welfare Charitable Society received a grant from the National Lottery Community Fund of £500,000.

The grant was used to demolish the old Croy Miners Welfare Club and build a large multi-functional leisure facility to house several of the area's groups and societies.

The club's legal status is currently classed as dissolved[16] and reports indicate the building is to be put up for sale in the near future.

[19] Spearheaded by local residents and part financed by North Lanarkshire Council,[20] the facility is home to a full size 3G football pitch with enclosure and stadium quality floodlighting, a 2 floor community pavilion with changing rooms and meeting area, and additional goalposts and line markings to allow conversion to 3 smaller football pitches when needed.

Despite the small scale of the village, Croy has a series of high-profile links with Scottish football team Celtic.

[32] Other people of note with links to the village include Scottish folk singer and accordion player Will Starr.

This generated significant coverage in various national news outlets, following which Kerr stepped down from the SNP and became an Independent Councillor.