🏴 Architect Larmont Douglas Penman is associated with Aboyne. Penman was elected a Licentiate of the Royal Institute of British Architects (LRIBA) in 1912.
🏴 Aboyne (Abyne, Abèidh) is a village on the edge of the Highlands in Aberdeenshire, Scotland, on the River Dee, approximately 26 miles (42 km) west of Aberdeen. It has a swimming pool at Aboyne Academy, all-weather tennis courts, a bowling green and is home to the oldest 18 hole golf course on Royal Deeside. Aboyne Castle and the Loch of Aboyne are nearby.
Aboyne has many businesses, including a supermarket (Co-op), one bank, several hairdressers, a butcher, a newsagent, an Indian restaurant and a post office. Originally, there was a railway station in the village, but it was closed on 18 June 1966. The station now contains some shops and the tunnel running under the village is now home to a firearms club. The market-day in Aboyne was known as Fèill Mhìcheil (Scottish Gaelic for "Michael's Fair").
1The Aberdeenshire District has a population of over 261,470 people. Aboyne is situated 42 km west of Aberdeen.
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🇫🇷 Martignas-sur-Jalle, France🏴 Architect Larmont Douglas Penman is associated with Aboyne. Penman was elected a Licentiate of the Royal Institute of British Architects (LRIBA) in 1912.
🏴 Landscape Architect/Garden Designer/Town Planner Thomas Hayton Mawson is associated with Aboyne. Most of the gardens he designed were in the Windermere area.
🏴 Architect John Donald Mills is associated with Aboyne. He was elected a Fellow of the Royal Institute of British Architects (FRIBA) in 1906.