Longside
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| Coordinates | 57 ° 31 ′ N , 1 ° 56 ′ W | ||
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| Residents | 920 (2011 census) | ||
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| Post town | PETERHEAD | ||
| ZIP code section | AB42 | ||
| prefix | 01779 | ||
| Part of the country | Scotland | ||
| Council area | Aberdeenshire | ||
| British Parliament | Banff and Buchan | ||
| Scottish Parliament | Aberdeenshire East | ||
Longside is a village in the Scottish council area of Aberdeenshire . It is located about ten kilometers west of Peterhead on the right bank of the South Ugie Water , which forms the Ugie two kilometers northeast by confluence with the North Ugie Water .
history
The Ferguson family acquired the Pitfour estate in 1700 . James Ferguson , son of James Ferguson, Lord Pitfour , inherited Pitfour in 1777. In the vicinity of the property, he had various planned settlements implemented in the following decades. In addition to Mintlaw and New Deer, this also includes Longside. In the case of Longside, an existing settlement was restructured and expanded. Longside was developed through textile weaving and the breaking of granite .
1619 the construction of a day as was Old Parish Church of Longside ruin designated a parish church started. The construction of the Longside Parish Church in 1835 made it obsolete. In 1915 and 1941, respectively, the RNAS Longside and an RAF Peterhead airfield were two military complexes in the area.
Between 1831 and 1871, Longside's population rose from 316 to 584. Then it fell to 474 residents within a decade. After 424 people lived in Longside in 1971, the population rose steadily in the following decades to 920 in 2011.
traffic
The Peterhead to New Pitsligo leading A950 is the main road Logsides. In Mintlaw the A952 ( Toll of Birness - Cortes ) and at Peterhead the A90 ( Edinburgh - Fraserburgh ) can be reached within a short distance.
A branch of the Formartine and Buchan Railway , a branch line of the Great North of Scotland Railway leading to Fraserburgh , Longside was connected to the British railway network in the course of the 19th century. The line has since been abandoned and dismantled.
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c Entry in the Gazetteer for Scotland
- ^ Information in the Gazetteer for Scotland
- ↑ Entry on Longside Parish Church in Canmore, the database of Historic Environment Scotland (English)
- ^ Information in the Gazetteer for Scotland
- ↑ 2011 census data
- ↑ Information on the Alford Valley Railway
