Forgue

Forgue
Forgue
	Forgue Location within Aberdeenshire
OS grid reference	NJ607452
Council area	Aberdeenshire;
Lieutenancy area	Aberdeenshire;
Country	Scotland
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	HUNTLY
Postcode district	AB54
Police	Scotland
Fire	Scottish
Ambulance	Scottish
UK Parliament	Gordon and Buchan;
Scottish Parliament	Aberdeenshire West;
	List of places UK Scotland 57°29′23.6″N 2°38′58.5″W / 57.489889°N 2.649583°W

Forgue is a hamlet in Aberdeenshire. It lies 35 miles (56 km) northwest of Aberdeen and 8 miles (13 km) northeast of Huntly. It is northwest of the village Largue.

The hamlet is surrounded by the lands of Bognie Estate, which have been held by the Morisons of Bognie since 1635.

The Glendronach distillery, Bognie Castle and Scott Hall are located within the wider area.

History

Forgue parish church was built 1819 to a design by Archibald Simpson and is Category B listed. The adjacent churchyard is C listed. Since 2007, the parish church has been run as a community facility.

St. Margaret's Episcopal Church was built in 1856 to a design by William Ramage.

In 1884, a parish hall was erected in Forgue, named Scott's Hall, it was gifted to the community by Walter Scott of Glendronach Distillery.

Education

Forgue primary school was built in 1865.

Notable residents

George Bartlet, Dean of Aberdeen and Orkney
Sir George Stuart Forbes, Indian civil servant
John Fordyce, missionary
George Garden, religious controversialist
General Sir Alexander Leith, British soldier
J Cameron Peddie, preacher
John Stuart, archivist and genealogist
Thomas Thain, Canadian politician
George Thom, mathematician and educator
Bell Duncan, Scottish traditional singer

References

↑ "Parish of Forgue from The Gazetteer for Scotland". Gazetteer for Scotland. 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: Wyllie.
1 2 "FORGUE PARISH CHURCH". Home. 1 July 1948. Retrieved 27 December 2025.
↑ "FORGUE, FORMER PARISH CHURCH, ST MARGARET'S (LB9456)". Home. 14 November 1964. Retrieved 27 December 2025.
↑ "ST. MARGARET'S EPISCOPAL CHURCH, FORGUE (LB9461)". Home. 22 August 1933. Retrieved 27 December 2025.
↑ "FORGUE PARISH HALL (SCOTT'S HALL), INCLUDING GATES, GATEPIERS, BOUNDARY WALLS AND RAILINGS (LB47588)". Home. 1 July 1948. Retrieved 27 December 2025.
↑ "Forgue School". Forgue School. Retrieved 27 December 2025.

External links

A history of Forgue Archived 9 January 2018 at the Wayback Machine

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[k167-1] "Parish of Forgue from The Gazetteer for Scotland". Gazetteer for Scotland. Retrieved 27 December 2025.

[2] 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: Wyllie.

[g475-3] 1 2 "FORGUE PARISH CHURCH". Home. 1 July 1948. Retrieved 27 December 2025.

[r243-4] "FORGUE, FORMER PARISH CHURCH, ST MARGARET'S (LB9456)". Home. 14 November 1964. Retrieved 27 December 2025.

[n446-5] "ST. MARGARET'S EPISCOPAL CHURCH, FORGUE (LB9461)". Home. 22 August 1933. Retrieved 27 December 2025.

[n789-6] "FORGUE PARISH HALL (SCOTT'S HALL), INCLUDING GATES, GATEPIERS, BOUNDARY WALLS AND RAILINGS (LB47588)". Home. 1 July 1948. Retrieved 27 December 2025.

[r445-7] "Forgue School". Forgue School. 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

v t e Areas and primary settlements in Aberdeenshire (see also: Aberdeen City)
in Banff and Buchan	Aberchirder Banff Fraserburgh Gardenstown Inverallochy and Cairnbulg Macduff Portsoy Rosehearty Sandhaven Whitehills
in Buchan	Boddam Crimond Cruden Bay Fetterangus Hatton Longside Maud Mintlaw New Deer New Pitsligo Peterhead St Combs St Fergus Strichen Stuartfield
in Formartine	Balmedie Cuminestown Ellon Fyvie Newburgh Oldmeldrum Pitmedden Potterton Rothienorman Tarves Turriff
in Garioch	Blackburn Insch Inverurie Kemnay Kintore Newmachar Westhill
in Kincardine and Mearns	Drumoak Fettercairn Gourdon Inverbervie Johnshaven Laurencekirk Luthermuir Newtonhill Portlethen St Cyrus Stonehaven
in Marr	Aboyne Alford Ballater Banchory Braemar Huntly Lumphanan Tarland Torphins
See also List of places in Aberdeenshire

Forgue
Forgue Location within Aberdeenshire
OS grid reference	NJ607452
Council area	Aberdeenshire
Lieutenancy area	Aberdeenshire
Country	Scotland
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	HUNTLY
Postcode district	AB54

Police	Scotland
Fire	Scottish
Ambulance	Scottish

UK Parliament	Gordon and Buchan
Scottish Parliament	Aberdeenshire West
List of places UK Scotland 57°29′23.6″N 2°38′58.5″W / 57.489889°N 2.649583°W / 57.489889; -2.649583