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A vision of Britain through time
A vision of Britain from 1801 to now.
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Maryhill, police burgh with ry. sta., Barony par., and par., embraced within Barony and Glasgow City pars., Lanarkshire - par., pop. 39,980; burgh, 3½ miles NW. of the centre of Glasgow, pop. 12,884; P.O., T.O., 2 Banks. Maryhill has railway and tramway communication with Glasgow, of which it is a suburban burgh, and which it almost conjoins. Among its industries are ironworks, glassworks, paperworks, &c., and in the vicinity are coal mines. At Maryhill are the Dawsholm gasworks (for the supply of Glasgow) and the Maryhill Barracks (at Garrioch); the latter were finished in 1876, and have accommodation for a regiment of infantry, a squadron of cavalry, and a battery of field artillery.
(John Bartholomew, Gazetteer of the British Isles (1887))
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| Feature Description: | "police burgh with railway station" (ADL Feature Type: "cities") |
| Administrative units: | Barony ScoP Lanarkshire ScoCnty |
| Place: | Maryhill |
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