Maud, Aberdeenshire
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Maud (Gaelic: Am Mòd) is a small town in the Buchan area of the Scottish county of Aberdeenshire.
Located 13 miles west of Peterhead, Maud rose to prosperity in the nineteenth century as a railway junction of the Formartine & 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' falling out of use to give it its current name.
[edit] The Village
Maud features an old Railway station, which closed in 1979. Walks can be taken along the old railway lines. 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 about 1868.
[edit] External links
- Maud's entry in the Gazetteer of Scotland
- Maud Railway Station Museum
- Map sources for Maud, Aberdeenshire
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