Largue, Aberdeenshire

Human settlement in Scotland

Largue
Cottage at Largue
Largue Location within Aberdeenshire
Civil parish	Forgue
Council area	Aberdeenshire
Country	Scotland
Sovereign state	United Kingdom

Police	Scotland
Fire	Scottish
Ambulance	Scottish

List of places UK Scotland 57°27′50.7″N 2°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]

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

↑ "Largue from The Gazetteer for Scotland". Gazetteer for Scotland. Retrieved 27 December 2025.
↑ "Brae Of Largue". trove.scot. Retrieved 27 December 2025.
↑ "TEMPLELAND FARM HOUSE (LB9446)". Home. 1 July 1948. Retrieved 27 December 2025.
↑ "Auchaber Manse, Former Free Church and Steading including boundary walls, Forgue, Huntly (LB9448)". Home. 22 October 1908. Retrieved 27 December 2025.
↑ "Aucharnie, Old Cottage Hospital". trove.scot. 17 January 2001. Retrieved 27 December 2025.
↑ 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)
↑ "Largue School". Largue School. Retrieved 27 December 2025.
↑ "Largue School". trove.scot. Retrieved 27 December 2025.
↑ McBlane, Lewis (25 April 2023). "Largue school mothballing reversed". Grampian Online. Retrieved 27 December 2025.
↑ Petrie, Calum (25 April 2023). "Parents celebrate as Largue School saved from chopping block". Press and Journal. Retrieved 27 December 2025.

v t e Settlements and places of interest in Marr, Aberdeenshire
Primary settlements	Aboyne Alford Ballater Banchory Braemar Huntly Lumphanan Tarland Torphins
Other settlements	Backburn Bellabeg Birse Birsemore Bogniebrae Brathens Brideswell Cairnie Corgarff Crathie Dinnet Finzean Forgue Gartly Inverey Keig Kennethmont Kildrummy Kincardine O'Neil Kirkton of Tough Largue Logie Coldstone Lost Lumsden Monymusk Potarch Rhynie Ruthven Strachan Strathdon Tillyfourie Tornaveen Towie Tullich Whitehouse Ythanwells
Places of interest	Alford Valley Railway Badenyon Balmoral Castle Blelack Braemar Castle Burn O'Vat Cairn o' Mount Cairngorms National Park Castle Forbes Corgarff Castle Craigievar Castle Crathes Castle Crathie Kirk Forest of Birse Grampian Transport Museum Huntly Castle Kildrummy Castle Lochnagar Royal Deeside Royal Deeside Railway Yonder Bognie Ythan Wells (Glenmailen) Roman Camp

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