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Towie
TowieLocation within Aberdeenshire
Council area	Aberdeenshire
Lieutenancy area	Aberdeen
Country	Scotland
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	ALFORD
Postcode district	AB33
Police	Scotland
Fire	Scottish
Ambulance	Scottish
UK Parliament	West Aberdeenshire and Kincardine
Scottish Parliament	Aberdeen South and North Kincardine
List of places UK Scotland 57°12′0″N 2°56′7″W / 57.20000°N 2.93528°W / 57.20000; -2.93528

Towie is a small hamlet and civil parish in Aberdeenshire, Scotland, close to Alford and Lumsden, on the River Don.

One of the most notable features of Towie is its small primary school with nursery, which is located in the village itself. As of September 2011, it had 22 pupils, before moving up to attend the Alford Academy. 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. 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

• William 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

• List of listed buildings in Towie

References

1. "History of Towie in Aberdeenshire | Map and description". Visionofbritain.org.uk. Retrieved 1 March 2014.
2. "Aberdeenshire Council - Towie School". Aberdeenshire.gov.uk. 30 October 2012. Archived from the original on 1 March 2014. Retrieved 1 March 2014.
3. Scotland. "Towie School - Aberdeenshire". Educationscotland.gov.uk. Retrieved 1 March 2014.
4. "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 1 March 2014. Retrieved 12 May 2013.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
5. John Ames (9 December 2015). "Memories of the Glenkindie Telephone Exchange". National Museums Scotland.

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 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

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