Glass, Aberdeenshire

Glass is a parish about 8 miles west of Huntly, Aberdeenshire, Scotland.{{Cite web|url=https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/16862|title=History of Glass, in Aberdeenshire and Banffshire {{!}} Map and description|last=Staff|date=|website=Vision of Britain|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=2020-03-31}} It is now wholly located in Aberdeenshire but before the reorganisation of Scottish county boundaries in 1891{{Cite web|last=Rodgers|first=Peggy|date=2020-06-07|title=Glass (BAN), Banffshire|url=https://www.genuki.org.uk/big/sct/BAN/Glass|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=2020-07-22|website=Genuki|language=en}} it was partly in Banffshire.{{Cite book|last=Lewis|first=Samuel|url=https://www.british-history.ac.uk/topographical-dict/scotland/pp499-514#h2-0001|title=A Topographical Dictionary of Scotland|publisher=S. Lewis & Co.|year=1851|isbn=|location=London,UK|pages=499|oclc=1157994491|ol=OL22895439M|ol-access=free}} The name Glass may have come from the Gaelic word for "grey," "meadow" or "stream."{{Cite web|last=Mac an Tailleir|first=Iain|date=2003|title=Gaelic place names in Scotland (Ainmean-àite)|url=https://www.parliament.scot/Gaelic/placenamesF-J.pdf|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181116011532/http://www.parliament.scot/Gaelic/placenamesF-J.pdf|archive-date=16 November 2018|access-date=2020-07-22|website=Scottish Parliament|page=54|url-status=dead}}

Glass had a population of 412 in 1951 and in 793 in 1801.{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=2017|title=GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, Glass ScoP through time {{!}} Population Statistics {{!}} Total Population|url=https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/unit/10141266/cube/TOT_POP|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=2020-07-22|website=A Vision of Britain through Time}}

It has its own school, Glass Primary School{{Cite web|url=https://www.aberdeenshire.gov.uk/schools/our_schools/detail.asp?schoolid=gglp|title=Glass School|last=Staff|date=|website=Aberdeenshire Council|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130204120144/http://www.aberdeenshire.gov.uk/schools/our_schools/detail.asp?schoolid=GGLP|archive-date=2013-02-04|access-date=2013-05-10}}{{Cite web|url=http://glass.aberdeenshire.sch.uk/|title=Glass Primary School|last=Staff|date=|website=Glass Primary School|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=2020-03-31}} and its pupils attend The Gordon Schools, Huntly for their secondary education.{{Cite web|url=http://online.aberdeenshire.gov.uk/Apps/schools-contacts/handbook/Gordon%20Schools%20(The).pdf|title=The Gordon Schools handbook 2019/2020|last=Gaiter|first=Phil|date=2019|website=Aberdeenshire Council|page=17|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=2020-03-31}}

Notable buildings

List of listed buildings in Glass, Aberdeenshire
Blairmore House, formerly a school and house belonging to the Family of David Cameron, British Prime Minister. Now a place of retreat and prayer.{{Cite web|url=https://ellel.org/uk/about/ellel-scotland/|title=Ellel Scotland|last=Staff|date=|website=Ellel Ministries UK|language=en|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=2020-03-31}}
Aswanley house, a mansion, probably built in the 17th century{{Cite web|url=https://canmore.org.uk/site/17268/aswanley-house|title=Aswanley House|last=Staff|date=|website=Canmore, Historic Environment Scotland|language=en|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=2020-03-31}}{{Cite web|url=http://www.aswanley.com/home.html|title=Aswanley Scotland|last=Staff|date=2011|website=Aswanley|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130502091609/http://www.aswanley.com/home.html|archive-date=2013-05-02|access-date=2013-05-10}} is a Category B listed building. It was being used as a wedding and corporate events and self-catering cottages venue in 2020.{{Cite web|url=https://www.aswanley.com/history/|title=History - Gordon Family|last=Staff|date=|website=Aswanley Scotland|language=en-US|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=2020-03-31}}
St. Andrews, the Parish Church of Glass (built or remodelled{{Cite web|url=https://canmore.org.uk/site/93411/glass-parish-church|title=Glass Parish Church|last=Staff|date=|website=Canmore, Historic Environment Scotland|language=en|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=2020-03-31}} in 1782) is a Category B listed building.{{Cite web|url=https://britishlistedbuildings.co.uk/200346912-parish-church-of-glass-glass|title=Parish Church of Glass, Huntly, Strathbogie and Howe of Alford, Aberdeenshire|last=Staff|date=|website=British Listed Buildings|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=2020-03-31}} This church was closed in 2007 and was sold to private property owners after April 2011.
Beldorney Castle (built mid-16th century) is two miles south of Glass and is a Category A listed building.Lindsay, Maurice (1986) The Castles of Scotland. Constable. {{ISBN|0-09-473430-5}} p78

Notable residents

The Family of David Cameron. His father Ian Cameron was born at Blairmore House.

References

Bibliography

{{cite book |last=Godsman |first=James |author-link= |date=1970 |title=Glass, Aberdeenshire: the story of a parish |url= |location=Aberdeen, UK |publisher=Alex. P. Reid and Son |page= |isbn=978-0900961069}}

External links

[http://www.kinnethmont.co.uk/glass/ War Memorial in Glass on Kinnethmont site by James M. Grant]

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Category:Parishes in Aberdeenshire