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The site was donated to the public in 1826 by Lilias Graham, the daughter of Mary Hill (after whom Maryhill is named) and owner of the Gairbraid Estate; and the Maryhill Chapel of Ease was built. It was badly damaged during the Second World War and there was a fire in 1956. By 1985 it had been abandoned for some time and was dangerous (see Canmore Link for images of it taken in 1989). In 1998 the building reverted to its original owners, the Gairbraid Estate. Following vandalism and a fire, the church was demolished and the rubble piled up in the space previously occupied by the church. The surrounding churchyard was allowed to become completely overgrown.

Maryhill is a district in the north west of Glasgow. It takes its name from Mary Hill (1730-1809), who was the last line of the Hill family and who owned the estate on which Maryhill now stands.

The area consists of a mix of traditional sandstone Glasgow tenements, alongside towerblocks and more recent low-rise housing developments.

The districts boasts one of the original Carnegie Libraries Link as well as a a fine Burgh Hall which is part of a cluster of listed buildings on that part of Maryhill Road.

The Forth and Clyde Canal runs through the districts, with the 136m long, 19m high Kelvin Aqueduct, the Maryhill locks and basins and Kelvin Dock being the prominent features. The Port Dundas branch of the canal also originates in Maryhill.

Maryhill is home to Partick Thistle FC, who play at Firhill, on the banks of the canal.