MARYHILL, a quoad sacra parish (for a time), in
the parish of Bauony, suburbs of the city of Glasgow,
county of Lanark; containing 3233 inhabitants, of
whom 25.52 are in the village of Maryhill. This district
was for all ecclesiastical purposes separated in 1834
from the Barony parish, within which, however, it is
now again included; it is about three miles in length
and two in breadth, and consists of a large village and
a rural district. Part of the population are employed
in power-loom weaving and calico-printing, for which
latter there is a printfield in the village, and another
established in the immediate neighbourhood, the two
concerns being separated merely by the river Kelvin.
A large foundry has also been established in the village,
and there are ship-carpenters, colliers, and other operatives.
The place has a post-office with a delivery twice
a day, and contains an excellent public library. Its
natural beauties are also considerable: Maryhill is divided
from the adjoining parish of East Kilpatrick by
the beautiful stream of the Kelvin, and is skirted in the
same direction by the grounds of Garscube, the seat of
Sir Archibald Campbell, Bart., whose family, particularly
the late Lady Campbell, have proved liberal patrons of
the poor of Maryhill. As it flows past the village, the
river passes under a stupendous aqueduct erected for
the Forth and Clyde canal. The village was named
Maryhill in memory of her mother by the late Miss
Graham, of Gairbraid, from whose ground it was feued,
and who during her long life proved a great benefactor
to it. Ecclesiastically the place is in the presbytery of
Glasgow and synod of Glasgow and Ayr: the minister
is appointed by the managers and subscribers. The
church was erected in 1826, at an expense of £1455,
partly by subscription, towards which Lady Grace
Douglas contributed £500; it originally contained only
542 sittings, to which, by the erection of a gallery, 400
were added in 183*. A parochial school is maintained;
the master has a salary of £12. 16. 8., with a large
schoolroom and comfortable dwelling-house, and fees
amounting to £70 or £80. There is an infants' school,
supported by J. C. Colquhoun, Esq., of Killermont; and
the various schools in the district altogether afford instruction
to more than 300 children.