Glass, Aberdeenshire

Glass is a parish about 8 miles west of Huntly, Aberdeenshire, Scotland. It is now wholly located in Aberdeenshire but before the reorganisation of Scottish county boundaries in 1891 it was partly in Banffshire. The name Glass may have come from the Gaelic word for "grey," "meadow" or "stream."

Glass had a population of 412 in 1951 and in 793 in 1801.

It has its own school, Glass Primary School and its pupils attend The Gordon Schools, Huntly for their secondary education.

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