Buchan
Buchan is an area of north-east Scotland, historically one of the original provinces of the Kingdom of Alba. It is now one of the six committee areas and administrative areas of Aberdeenshire Council, Scotland. These areas were created by ...
Strichen
Strichen is a village in Aberdeenshire, Scotland. It sits on the A981, connecting it to New Deer to the southwest and Fraserburgh to the north-northeast, and the B9093, connecting it to New Pitsligo about due west. The village got its name ...
at the foot of
Mormond Hill
Mormond Hill (Scottish Gaelic A' Mhormhonadh, meaning the great hill or moor; known as ''Mormounth'' in Old Scots) is a large hill in Aberdeenshire, Scotland, not far from Fraserburgh. Its peak is .dormitory village for
Aberdeen
Aberdeen (; sco, Aiberdeen ; gd, Obar Dheathain ; la, Aberdonia) is a city in North East Scotland, and is the third most populous city in the country. Aberdeen is one of Scotland's 32 local government council areas (as Aberdeen City), and ...
and
Fraserburgh
Fraserburgh (; sco, The Broch or ; gd, A' Bhruaich) is a town in Aberdeenshire, Scotland with a population recorded in the 2011 Census at 13,100. It lies at the far northeast corner of Aberdeenshire, about north of Aberdeen, and north of ...
.
Transport
Regular bus services operate to Fraserburgh and Aberdeen, and an on-demand
Dial-a-bus
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service is also available.
New Leeds is adjacent to the
A952 road A95 or A-95 may refer to:
* A95 road (Great Britain), a major road in the United Kingdom
* A 95 motorway (Germany)
* Canon PowerShot A95, a digital camera
* Dutch Defence
The Dutch Defence is a chess opening characterised by the moves:
:1. d4 ...
, which links with the A90 road north to Fraserburgh and south to Aberdeen and beyond.
The nearby
Mormond railway station
Mormond Halt railway station was a railway station near New Leeds, Aberdeenshire.
History
The station was opened as Mormond on 24 April 1865. It was named after Mormond Hill, which was nearby. Its name was changed to Mormond Halt on 1 June ...
closed in 1979, and now offers an access point to the
Formartine and Buchan Way
The Formartine and Buchan Way is a long-distance trail in Scotland, extending from Dyce north to Peterhead and Fraserburgh in the Buchan and Formartine districts of Aberdeenshire in Scotland. It follows the track of a former railway line, the ...
, the long-distance path that follows the route of the former railway.
Landmarks
On the slopes of Mormond Hill above the village is the White Stag of Mormond, a
hill figure
A hill figure is a large visual representation created by cutting into a steep hillside and revealing the underlying geology. It is a type of geoglyph usually designed to be seen from afar rather than above. In some cases trenches are dug and ...
marked with quartz stones, first laid out by Mr F. W. Cordiner of
Cortes
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People
* Cortes (surname), including a list of people with the name
** Hernán Cortés (1485–1547), a Spanish conquistador
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to mark his wedding in 1870.
A more modern landmark is the pair of wind turbines erected in 2008 at Redbog, north of the village. A further turbine at nearby West Cockmuir is planned.
Schools
Primary education is provided at Kininmonth School, south of the village, whilst secondary pupils travel to Mintlaw Academy, away.
Churches
New Leeds Church was built between 1853 and 1854, and is located in the south-west end of the village. The church and attached manse have been converted into a private house.
History
New Leeds was founded in the late 18th century by Alexander Fraser 8th of Strichen ( fl. 1764), whose ambition was that the village would grow to rival
Leeds
Leeds () is a city and the administrative centre of the City of Leeds district in West Yorkshire, England. It is built around the River Aire and is in the eastern foothills of the Pennines. It is also the third-largest settlement (by popula ...
in Yorkshire as a place of wool manufacture. Such ambitions were not to be realised, and by 1912 the village was suffering declining population, with many dwellings abandoned.Lotted lands and planned villages in north-east Scotland Douglas G. Lockhart
Burnshangie Farm dates to 1800, while nearby Howford Old Farm followed a little later.