Maud, Aberdeenshire
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Maud (Scottish Gaelic: Am Mòd) is a village in the Buchan area of the Scottish county of Aberdeenshire, with a population of 780 (2006 estimate).[2] Located 13 miles (21 km) west of Peterhead on the South Ugie Water,[3] Maud rose to prosperity after 1863[4] as a railway junction of the Formartine and Buchan Railway that ran through Maud to Fraserburgh and Peterhead, but has always been the meeting place of six roads. It has had a variety of names:
- Bank of Behitch
- Brucklay
- New Maud, the New having since fallen out of use, leading to the village's current name
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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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Country | Scotland |
Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
Post town | PETERHEAD |
Postcode district | AB42 |
Police | Scotland |
Fire | Scottish |
Ambulance | Scottish |
UK Parliament | |
Scottish Parliament | |
57.52210°N 2.12687°W / 57.52210; -2.12687 |
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