Glass, Aberdeenshire

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Glass is a parish about 8 miles west of Huntly, Aberdeenshire, Scotland. [1] It is now wholly located in Aberdeenshire but before the reorganisation of Scottish county boundaries in 1891 [2] it was partly in Banffshire. [3] [1] The name Glass may have come from the Gaelic word for "grey," [3] "meadow" or "stream." [4]

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Glass had a population of 412 in 1951 and in 793 in 1801. [5]

It has its own school, Glass Primary School [6] [7] and its pupils attend The Gordon Schools, Huntly for their secondary education. [8]

Notable buildings

Notable residents

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Bibliography

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