Towie is a small hamlet and civil parish in Aberdeenshire, Scotland, close to Alford and Lumsden, on the River Don.[1]
| Towie | |
|---|---|
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  Towie Location within Aberdeenshire | |
| Council area | |
| Lieutenancy area | |
| Country | Scotland |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | ALFORD |
| Postcode district | AB33 |
| Police | Scotland |
| Fire | Scottish |
| Ambulance | Scottish |
| UK Parliament | |
| Scottish Parliament | |
One of the most notable features of Towie is its small primary school with nursery, which is located in the village itself.[2] As of September 2011, it had 22 pupils,[3] before moving up to attend the Alford Academy.[4] Towie also has a bowling club and a beautiful church with historic graveyard.
In 1979 the telephone exchange at Glenkindie, just north of Towie, became the UK's first digital telephone exchange.[5] As part of general developments towards digital telephony, small rural exchanges of this size were seen as candidates for solid-state exchanges as they might be more reliable than the previous electromechanical Strowger exchanges.
Notable persons
edit- William Augustine Duncan (1811–1885), journalist, and Antipodean colonial official.
- Major James Leith (VC) (1826–1869), buried in the churchyard.
- Sir William MacGregor (1846–1919), a medical doctor, and the governor of several British colonies including Newfoundland (1904–1909) and Queensland (1909–1914). He was born at Hillockhead in the parish, and after his death, buried with his parents in the village's churchyard.
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ "History of Towie in Aberdeenshire | Map and description". Visionofbritain.org.uk. Retrieved 1 March 2014.
- ^ "Aberdeenshire Council - Towie School". Aberdeenshire.gov.uk. 30 October 2012. Archived from the original on 1 March 2014. Retrieved 1 March 2014.
- ^ Scotland. "Towie School - Aberdeenshire". Educationscotland.gov.uk. Retrieved 1 March 2014.
- ^ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 1 March 2014. Retrieved 12 May 2013.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) - ^ John Ames (9 December 2015). "Memories of the Glenkindie Telephone Exchange". National Museums Scotland.
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