Maud, Aberdeenshire
Maud
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Maud village centre | |
Location within Aberdeenshire | |
| Population | 910 (2020) |
| OS grid reference | NJ925479 |
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| Country | Scotland |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | PETERHEAD |
| Postcode district | AB42 |
| Dialling code | 01771 |
| Police | Scotland |
| Fire | Scottish |
| Ambulance | Scottish |
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Maud (Scottish Gaelic: Am Mòd) is a village in the Buchan area of the Scottish county of Aberdeenshire, with a population of 780 (2006 estimate). Located 13 miles (21 km) west of Peterhead on the South Ugie Water, Maud rose to prosperity after 1863 as a railway junction of the Formartine and Buchan Railway that ran through Maud to Fraserburgh and Peterhead, but has always been the meeting place of six roads. It has had a variety of names:
- Bank of Behitch
- Brucklay
- New Maud, the New having since fallen out of use, leading to the village's current name