Forgue

Forgue
Forgue
	Forgue Location within Aberdeenshire
OS grid reference	NJ607452
Council area	Aberdeenshire;
Lieutenancy area	Aberdeenshire;
Country	Scotland
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	HUNTLY
Postcode district	AB54
Police	Scotland
Fire	Scottish
Ambulance	Scottish
UK Parliament	Gordon and Buchan;
Scottish Parliament	Aberdeenshire West;
	List of places UK Scotland 57°29′23.6″N 2°38′58.5″W / 57.489889°N 2.649583°W

Forgue is a hamlet in Aberdeenshire.^[1] It lies 35 miles (56 km) northwest of Aberdeen and 8 miles (13 km) northeast of Huntly. The hamlet is surrounded by the lands of Bognie Estate, which have been held by the Morisons of Bognie since 1635.^[2] The Glendronach distillery, Bognie Castle, Scott Hall, Forgue Primary School, Forgue Kirk and St. Margaret's Episcopal Church are located within the wider area.

Notable residents

George Bartlet, Dean of Aberdeen and Orkney
Sir George Stuart Forbes, Indian civil servant
John Fordyce, missionary
George Garden, religious controversialist
General Sir Alexander Leith, British soldier
J Cameron Peddie, preacher
John Stuart, archivist and genealogist
Thomas Thain, Canadian politician
George Thom, mathematician and educator
Bell Duncan, Scottish traditional singer

References

^ Geograph
^ Temple, William (1894). The Thanage of Fermartyn, including the district commonly called Formartine, its proprietors, with genealogical deductions; its parishes, ministers, Churches, churchyards, antiquities, &c. Aberdeen: Wyllie.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: date and year (link)

External links

A history of Forgue

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[1] Geograph

[2] Temple, William (1894). The Thanage of Fermartyn, including the district commonly called Formartine, its proprietors, with genealogical deductions; its parishes, ministers, Churches, churchyards, antiquities, &c. Aberdeen: Wyllie.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: date and year (link)

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Forgue
Forgue Location within Aberdeenshire
OS grid reference	NJ607452
Council area	Aberdeenshire
Lieutenancy area	Aberdeenshire
Country	Scotland
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	HUNTLY
Postcode district	AB54

Police	Scotland
Fire	Scottish
Ambulance	Scottish

UK Parliament	Gordon and Buchan
Scottish Parliament	Aberdeenshire West
List of places UK Scotland 57°29′23.6″N 2°38′58.5″W / 57.489889°N 2.649583°W / 57.489889; -2.649583