Largue, Aberdeenshire

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Largue
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Largue
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57°27′50.7″N2°36′03.5″W / 57.464083°N 2.600972°W / 57.464083; -2.600972

Largue is a small village in Aberdeenshire in the parish of Forgue. [1] Areas within the settlement include Easter Aucharnie, Nether Aucharnie and Aucharnie. Largue is located southeast of Forgue and north of Ythanwells. The nearby Brae of Largue is a farm. [2]

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History

To the western edge of Largue there is a mid-18th century mansion house, Templeland, that is Category B listed. [3]

In 1840, the Auchaber free church and manse were built just outside Largue, although the church and manse are in private ownership since 2025. [4]

The former cottage hospital was built in 1874 at the desire of Alexander Morison of Bognie. [5] [6]

School

Largue School is a primary school in the village serving age groups P1 to P7. [7] [8] The school was threatened with closure due to declining student numbers in 2023 but the council postponed closure plans. [9] [10]

References

  1. ↑ "Largue from The Gazetteer for Scotland". Gazetteer for Scotland. Retrieved 27 December 2025.
  2. ↑ "Brae Of Largue". trove.scot. Retrieved 27 December 2025.
  3. ↑ "TEMPLELAND FARM HOUSE (LB9446)". Home. 1 July 1948. Retrieved 27 December 2025.
  4. ↑ "Auchaber Manse, Former Free Church and Steading including boundary walls, Forgue, Huntly (LB9448)". Home. 22 October 1908. Retrieved 27 December 2025.
  5. ↑ "Aucharnie, Old Cottage Hospital". trove.scot. 17 January 2001. Retrieved 27 December 2025.
  6. ↑ 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: D. Wyllie & Son. p. 191.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: date and year (link)
  7. ↑ "Largue School". Largue School. Retrieved 27 December 2025.
  8. ↑ "Largue School". trove.scot. Retrieved 27 December 2025.
  9. ↑ McBlane, Lewis (25 April 2023). "Largue school mothballing reversed". Grampian Online. Retrieved 27 December 2025.
  10. ↑ Petrie, Calum (25 April 2023). "Parents celebrate as Largue School saved from chopping block". Press and Journal. Retrieved 27 December 2025.
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