Maryhill
Maryhill is a residential locality within the North-West sector of the City of Glasgow. Previously an administratively independent Police Burgh from 1856, Maryhill was incorporated into Glasgow in 1912. Sporting instiutions in the area are Partick Thistle Football Club, Maryhill Football Club and the Maryhill Harriers Running Club. Maryhill was home to the Maryhill Barracks, which famously held Hitler's second-in-command Rudolph Hess during World War Two after his proposed "Peace" flight to the UK. The Barracks have now been converted into the Wyndford housing estate.
Maryhill is also the name of a suburb of Dunedin, New Zealand.
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