One of the most notable features of Towie is its small primary school with nursery, which is located in the village itself.[2] As of September 2011, it had 22 pupils,[3] before moving up to attend the Alford Academy.[4] Towie also has a bowling club and a beautiful church with historic graveyard.
In 1979 the telephone exchange at Glenkindie, just north of Towie, became the UK's first digital telephone exchange.[5] As part of general developments towards digital telephony, small rural exchanges of this size were seen as candidates for solid-state exchanges as they might be more reliable than the previous electromechanical Strowger exchanges.
Sir William MacGregor (1846–1919), a medical doctor, and the governor of several British colonies including Newfoundland (1904–1909) and Queensland (1909–1914). He was born at Hillockhead in the parish, and after his death, buried with his parents in the village's churchyard.
towie, aberdeenshire, towie, ˈtaʊ, wiː, scottish, gaelic, tollaigh, hole, place, small, hamlet, aberdeenshire, scotland, close, alford, lumsden, river, towietowietowielocation, within, aberdeenshirecouncil, areaaberdeenshirelieutenancy, areaaberdeencountryscot. Towie ˈtaʊ wiː Scottish Gaelic Tollaigh hole place is a small hamlet in Aberdeenshire Scotland close to Alford and Lumsden on the River Don 1 TowieTowieTowieLocation within AberdeenshireCouncil areaAberdeenshireLieutenancy areaAberdeenCountryScotlandSovereign stateUnited KingdomPoliceScotlandFireScottishAmbulanceScottishUK ParliamentWest Aberdeenshire and KincardineScottish ParliamentAberdeen South and North KincardineList of places UK Scotland 57 12 0 N 2 56 7 W 57 20000 N 2 93528 W 57 20000 2 93528 Coordinates 57 12 0 N 2 56 7 W 57 20000 N 2 93528 W 57 20000 2 93528One of the most notable features of Towie is its small primary school with nursery which is located in the village itself 2 As of September 2011 it had 22 pupils 3 before moving up to attend the Alford Academy 4 Towie also has a bowling club and a beautiful church with historic graveyard It is part of West Aberdeenshire UK Parliament constituency The village was the seat of the branch of Clan Barclay named Barclay de Tolly In 1979 the telephone exchange at Glenkindie just north of Towie became the UK s first digital telephone exchange 5 As part of general developments towards digital telephony small rural exchanges of this size were seen as candidates for solid state exchanges as they might be more reliable than the previous electromechanical Strowger exchanges Notable persons EditWilliam Augustine Duncan 1811 1885 journalist and Antipodean colonial official Major James Leith VC 1826 1869 buried in the churchyard Sir William MacGregor 1846 1919 a medical doctor and the governor of several British colonies including Newfoundland 1904 1909 and Queensland 1909 1914 He was born at Hillockhead in the parish and after his death buried with his parents in the village s churchyard See also EditList of listed buildings in TowieReferences Edit History of Towie in Aberdeenshire Map and description Visionofbritain org uk Retrieved 1 March 2014 Aberdeenshire Council Towie School Aberdeenshire gov uk 30 October 2012 Archived from the original on 1 March 2014 Retrieved 1 March 2014 Scotland Towie School Aberdeenshire Educationscotland gov uk Retrieved 1 March 2014 Archived copy PDF Archived from the original PDF on 1 March 2014 Retrieved 12 May 2013 a href Template Cite web html title Template Cite web cite web a CS1 maint archived copy as title link John Ames 9 December 2015 Memories of the Glenkindie Telephone Exchange National Museums Scotland Wikimedia Commons has media related to Towie This Aberdeenshire location article is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Towie Aberdeenshire amp oldid 1104316538, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
