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Maryborough, East and West, 2 bars., mid. Queens co.—East Maryborough, 25,160 ac., pop. 6399; AYest Maryborough, 41,914 ac., pop. 8029.
Mary burgh.—former name of town of Fort AVilliam, Inverness-shire.—2. Marybnrgh, vil., Cleish par., in co. and 4 miles S. of Kinross.—3. Marybnrgh, vil., partly in Dingwall par. but chiefly in Fodderty par., Ross and Cromarty, on river Conon, 14 mile SAY. of Dingwall, pop. 420; P.O.
Maryculter, par. and hamlet, in N. of Kincardine- shire—par., 7781 ac., pop. 1072; hamlet, 24 miles SE. of Culter sta. and 7 miles SAY. of Aberdeen; P.O.; 1 mile NAY., on river Dee, is Maryculter House, seat.
Marydale, place with Roman Catholic church and school, Kilmorack par., Inverness-shire, on river Glass, near Invercannich, 17 miles SAY. of Beauly.
Mary hill, police burgh with ry. sta., Barony par., and par., embraced within Barony and Glasgow City pars., Lanarkshire—par., pop. 39,980; burgh, 34 miles NAY. of the centre of Glasgow, pop. 12,884 ; P.O., T.O., 2 Banks. Maryhill has railway and tramway com- munication with Glasgow, of which it is a suburban burgh, and which it almost conjoins. Among its in- dustries 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 BarracEis (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.
Marykirk, par. and vil. with ry. sta., in S. of Kin- cardineshire—par., 9841 ac., pop. 1461; vil., on river North Esk, 1J mile S. of its ry. sta. and 6 miles NAY. of Montrose; P.O.
Maryland, seat, 3 m. SAA7. of Cloyne, SE. co. Cork.
Maryland Soint, ry. sta., Essex, % mile SAY. of Forest Gate sta. and 4j miles NE. of Liverpool Street sta., London.
Marylebone, parl. bor. and par. (St Marylebone), Middlesex, in NAY. of London, 1506 ac., pop. 154,910. Marylebone returns 2 members (2 divisions, viz., East and AYest, 1 member for each division); the old parl. bor. of Marylebone included also the pars, of Padding- ton and St Pancras, and returned 2 members.
Maryparli, Inveravon par., Banffshire, 3 miles NE. of Ballindalloch; P.O.
Maryport, market town and seaport, Cross Canonby and Dearham pars., Cumberland, at mouth of river Ellen, 54 miles NE. of AYorkington, 28 SAY. of Carlisle, and 313 NAY. of London by rail, 2827 ac., pop. 8126. Market-days, Tuesday and Friday. Maryport was called Ellenport until 1750, when the harbour was constructed; a new dock of 10 ac. was opened in 1884, and Maryport is now the largest port between the Mersey and the Clyde, with the exception of Barrow- in-Furness. (For shipping statistics, see Appendix.) Shipbuilding is carried on to a small extent, and the other industries include sailcloth works, iron-foundries, flour mills, saw mills, tanning, and brewing. The herring fishery is prosecuted, and in the neighbourhood are collieries and iron-furnaces.
Marys Loch, Ross and Cromarty. See Morie, Loch.
Maryston, West, vil., Old Monkland par., Lanark- shire, 3 miles AY. of Coatbridge, pop. 534.
Marystow, par. and vil., Devon, 64 miles NAY. of Tavistock, 2895 ac., pop. 390; in vicinity of vil. is Marystow Honse, seat.
Marytavy, vil. with ry. sta., St Mary Tavy par., Devon, 4 m. NE. of Tavistock; P.O., called Msiry Tavy.
Mary town, par., Forfarshire, on S. side of river South Esk, 3562 ac., pop. 389; the par. consists of 3 detached portions—Marytown proper, Dysart, and Grahamsfirth; the church is 24 m. SAY. of Montrose; the Great Marquis of Montrose (1612-1650) was a native; he was born at Old Montrose, whence his family took their titles.
Maryville, ry. sta., Lanarkshire, 5£ miles NAY. of Hamilton and 6£ miles SE. of Glasgow.
Maryville, seat, eo. Galway; post-town, Kinvarra.
Mary well, vil., St Yigeans par., Forfarshire, 2 miles N. of Arbroath. Gazetteer of the British Isles, Statistical and Topographical, by John Bartholomew, F.R.G.S.
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