Rubislaw

Coordinates: 57°08′36″N 2°08′24″W / 57.14333°N 2.14000°W / 57.14333; -2.14000
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Rubislaw
Aberdeen City
Lieutenancy area
  • Aberdeen
CountryScotland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Postcode districtAB
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57°08′36″N 2°08′24″W / 57.14333°N 2.14000°W / 57.14333; -2.14000
Rubislaw Terrace Gardens

Rubislaw is an area of Aberdeen, Scotland. It is located in the area between Queen's Road and King’s Gate, including Rubislaw Den North and South. It is close to Rubislaw Quarry and the Rubislaw Playing Fields used by Aberdeen Grammar School. The buildings of the area are primarily Victorian or 1930s.

Before becoming a suburb of the city, Rubislaw was a landed estate belonging to the

Gothic villa of the same name.[1]

Attractions

Notable residents

  • Prof
    Aberdeen University
  • Prof Marcus Sachs (1812-1869), Professor of Hebrew at Aberdeen University[2]

References

  1. ^ Anderson, Robert (1910). Aberdeen in Byegone Days. Aberdeen: the Daily Journal. p. 38.
  2. ^ Ewing, William Annals of the Free Church