Maud, Aberdeenshire
Maud
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Maud village centre | |
Location within Aberdeenshire | |
Population | 910 (mid-2020 est.)[1] |
OS grid reference | NJ925479 |
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Lieutenancy area |
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Country | Scotland |
Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
Post town | PETERHEAD |
Postcode district | AB42 |
Police | Scotland |
Fire | Scottish |
Ambulance | Scottish |
UK Parliament | |
Scottish Parliament | |
Maud (
- Bank of Behitch
- Brucklay
- New Maud, the New having since fallen out of use, leading to the village's current name
The village
Maud features an old railway station,[5] which closed to passengers in 1965. When the railway was active, Maud was where the railway line from Aberdeen split before heading to Fraserburgh and Peterhead. Walks can be taken along the old railway lines which now form part of the Formartine and Buchan Way; the railway tracks were removed following the ending of freight trains in 1979. There was a mart or livestock market until recently, selling local livestock. There is also a hospital for the elderly, which was formerly a poorhouse that opened in 1866, designed by Alexander Ellis.[4]
A modern complex in the centre of the village houses a café, community centre, gym and other facilities; the old town hall, a few minutes walk from the new complex, is also still in regular use by community groups. The village also has a small parade of shops.
The hamlet of Kirkhill Pendicle to the south of Maud has a weather station which features prominently in Met Office weather maps for Aberdeenshire.
Prehistory and archaeology
The local area to the immediate south is rich with
In 2001, archaeological work being undertaken in advance of the development of a pipeline discovered an Early
History
In the era of the railway, the New Maud junction station was situated 298 feet (91 metres) above sea level, with the vicinity rail line being noted for several embankments and shallow rock cuts.[9]
Maud's Gothic church was constructed in 1889.[4]
Notable people
- Prof FRSE(1881–1947), mathematician born and raised in Maud
- Jack Webster (1931–2020), journalist, author & broadcaster born and raised in Maud.[10][11]
Line notes
- ^ "Mid-2020 Population Estimates for Settlements and Localities in Scotland". National Records of Scotland. 31 March 2022. Retrieved 31 March 2022.
- ^ General Register Office for Scotland, 2006 population estimate Archived 3 March 2009 at the Wayback Machine, accessed 12 October 2009
- ^ *Gazetteer of Scotland: Maud, Aberdeenshire
- ^ a b c McKean (1990), p. 85
- ^ Maud Railway Station Museum[permanent dead link]
- ^ C. Michael Hogan (2008) Catto Long Barrow fieldnotes, The Modern Antiquarian
- ^ "Vol 53 (2012): An early Bronze Age unenclosed cremation cemetery and Mesolithic pit at Skilmafilly, near Maud, Aberdeenshire | Scottish Archaeological Internet Reports". journals.socantscot.org. Retrieved 23 August 2021.
- ^ "Catto Long Barrow".
- ^ Alexander Smith (1875) A new history of Aberdeenshire
- ^ Jack Webster's author page at Birlinn
- ^ "Jack Webster obituary". Scotsman newspaper. Retrieved 16 April 2020.
Bibliography
- ISBN 978-1-85158-231-0.
External links
Media related to Maud, Aberdeenshire at Wikimedia Commons