Alford

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Alford

Total population

2,792

Coordinates57.23°, -2.70°

Demographic figures from UK Office for National Statistics. Overview below cites Wikipedia and may reference a different year.

Overview

Alford is a large village in Aberdeenshire, north-east Scotland, lying just south of the River Don. It lies within the Howe of Alford which occupies the middle reaches of the River Don.

Geography

Coordinates & boundaries from the US Census TIGER/Line shapefiles.

Notable people from here

Arthur Keith

British anatomist and anthropologist (1866–1955)

William Robertson Smith

Scottish orientalist and minister of the Free Church of Scotland (1846–1894)

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James Soutter

Scottish sprinter

Archibald Meston

Australian politician (1851-1924)

James Leslie Mitchell

Scottish writer (1901-1935)

Thomas Dempster

British philologist, historian, poet and etruscologist

Alexander Garden

Physician, botanist and zoologist (1730-1791)

James Marr

Scottish marine biologist and polar explorer (1902–1965)

Patrick Gordon

Scottish general, diplomat and writer

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Alexander F. I. Forbes

South African astronomer (1871-1959)

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Alexander Ross

British poet (1699-1784)

George Elphinstone Dalrymple

Australian explorer and politician (1826-1876)

James Hastings

British minister and scholar (1852–1922)

Patrick Forbes

Bishop of Aberdeen

Robert Gardiner

Canadian politician (1879-1945)

Walter Leslie

Scottish soldier and diplomat, count of the Holy Roman Empire (1607-1667)

People born within ~10 km, from Wikidata (CC0). Click any name for their Wikipedia article.

Geography & sun

Elevation, sunrise/sunset and daylight from Open-Meteo. Solar climatology from NASA POWER.

Public attention

Pageview totals from the Wikimedia Pageviews API.

Books about Alford

The presbytery of Alford, Aberdeenshire, Scotland

A. Strath Maxwell · 1987

Alford (Lincolnshire)

Ordnance Survey · 1982

Kildrummy and Alford

Ordnance Survey · 1981

Records of the meeting of the exercise of Alford, 1662-1687

Church of Scotland. Presbytery of Alford. · 1897

Records of the meeting of the Exercise of Alford MDCLXII-MDCLXXXVIII

Church of Scotland. Presbytery of Alford. · 1897

Records of the Meeting of the Exercise of Alford Mdclxii-Mdclxxxviii

Church of Scotland Presbytery of Alf · 2022

Narrative of a little tour in Scotland, of Messrs. Allerslee, Alford and Bragg

1861

Strathdon and Alford

Ordnance Survey · 2000

Search results from Open Library.

Recently spotted species

Fly Agaric

Amanita muscaria

Seen 2026-09-15

Birch Shield Bug

Elasmostethus interstinctus

Seen 2026-09-12

Small Copper

Lycaena phlaeas

Seen 2026-09-09

Mouse Moth

Amphipyra tragopoginis

Seen 2026-09-06

Forest Bug

Pentatoma rufipes

Seen 2026-09-06

Herald Moth

Scoliopteryx libatrix

Seen 2026-08-29

False Chanterelle

Hygrophoropsis aurantiaca

Seen 2026-08-28

Giant Polypore

Meripilus giganteus

Seen 2026-08-28

black cottonwood

Populus trichocarpa

Seen 2026-08-28

Research-grade observations from iNaturalist (within ~15 mi).

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