Glass, Aberdeenshire

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]

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]

  1. ^ a b Staff. "History of Glass, in Aberdeenshire and Banffshire | Map and description". Vision of Britain. Retrieved 31 March 2020.
  2. ^ Rodgers, Peggy (7 June 2020). "Glass (BAN), Banffshire". Genuki. Retrieved 22 July 2020.
  3. ^ a b Lewis, Samuel (1851). A Topographical Dictionary of Scotland. London,UK: S. Lewis & Co. p. 499. OCLC 1157994491. OL 22895439M.
  4. ^ Mac an Tailleir, Iain (2003). "Gaelic place names in Scotland (Ainmean-àite)" (PDF). Scottish Parliament. p. 54. Archived from the original (PDF) on 16 November 2018. Retrieved 22 July 2020.
  5. ^ "GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, Glass ScoP through time | Population Statistics | Total Population". A Vision of Britain through Time. 2017. Retrieved 22 July 2020.
  6. ^ Staff. "Glass School". Aberdeenshire Council. Archived from the original on 4 February 2013. Retrieved 10 May 2013.
  7. ^ Staff. "Glass Primary School". Glass Primary School. Retrieved 31 March 2020.
  8. ^ Gaiter, Phil (2019). "The Gordon Schools handbook 2019/2020" (PDF). Aberdeenshire Council. p. 17. Retrieved 31 March 2020.