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Maryhill is a residential district in the northwest of the City of Glasgow . Previously an administratively independent Police Burgh from 1856 , Maryhill was incorporated into Glasgow in 1912 . It takes its name from Mary Hill, who granted land from her Gairbraid Estate for the building of a village on the condition that it bore her name. The building of the Forth And Clyde Canal prompted Maryhill's development, and the new waterway attracted boat-building, saw-milling and other industries such as ironfounding to its banks. One region of the district is famously called Botany (locally as "'' The Butney ''"), a name derived from Botany Bay , the infamous penal colony where it was said many residents would be likely to end up. Most of this area was demolished in 2004 has yet to be rebuilt. The area is home to Partick Thistle F.C. , Maryhill F.C. and the Maryhill Harriers running club. The Maryhill area has two historical claims to fame:
The area has been the location for a number of television programmes and films:
Maryhill had the first temperence society in the U.K after lawlessness filled the streets in the 19th century. Maryhill has the dubious distinction of being one of the most deprived parliamentary constituencies in Britain. Whilst poverty is a problem in Maryhill there are some areas of relative affluence within the district such as Maryhill Park , on the district's northern fringes, and in the southern area, North Kelvinside . |
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