including the two churches, the school, the terraces of Kingsborough Gardens, and the one-time Royal Bank of Scotland building have listed building statuses. History Prior to development, Hyndland was an area of farmland called 'Hind Land' and belonged to the Bishops of Glasgow. The first tenements were built in 1885. On 13 March 1941, a parachute mine was dropped on Hyndland by the Luftwaffe, destroying three tenement buildings on Dudley Drive. Also, during the war a number of refugee children from Germany and Poland were educated at Hyndland School, many of whom achieved a higher in English. Notable residents Frankie Boyle, comedian and writer Kevin Bridges, comedian John Burns Brooksby, renowned veterinarian David Calder, actor Robert Carlyle, actor John Curtice, psephologist Greg Hemphill, actor and comedian Douglas Henshall, actor Sanjeev Kohli, comedian, writer and actor Liz Lochhead, poet and dramatist Kelly Macdonald, actress Aidan Moffat, musician Dougie Payne, musician Roddy Woomble, musician References External links Hyndland Local History. Hyndland Residents' Association. Glasgow Digital Library: Hyndland Images. Hyndland Parish Church. Areas of Glasgow Partick