Rubislaw

Rubislaw
Rubislaw
	View overlooking Rubislaw quarry
	Rubislaw Location within the Aberdeen City council area Rubislaw Location within Scotland
Council area	Aberdeen City;
Lieutenancy area	Aberdeen;
Country	Scotland
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Postcode district	AB
Police	Scotland
Fire	Scottish
Ambulance	Scottish
	List of places UK Scotland 57°08′36″N 2°08′24″W / 57.14333°N 2.14000°W

Rubislaw is an area of Aberdeen, Scotland. It is located in the area between Queen's Road and King’s Gate, including Rubislaw Den North and South. It is close to Rubislaw Quarry and the Rubislaw Playing Fields used by Aberdeen Grammar School. The buildings of the area are primarily Victorian or 1930s.

Before becoming a suburb of the city, Rubislaw was a landed estate belonging to the Skene family. Their seat, Rubislaw House, stood on what is now Queen's Road and was of 17th century date. It was demolished in 1886 and succeeded by an elaborate Gothic villa of the same name.^[1]

Attractions

Gordon Highlanders Museum
Johnston Gardens

Notable residents

Prof Robert Douglas Lockhart FRSE LLD (1894-1987), Professor of Anatomy at Aberdeen University
Prof Marcus Sachs (1812-1869), Professor of Hebrew at Aberdeen University^[2]

References

^ Anderson, Robert (1910). Aberdeen in Byegone Days. Aberdeen: the Daily Journal. p. 38.
^ Ewing, William Annals of the Free Church

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[1] Anderson, Robert (1910). Aberdeen in Byegone Days. Aberdeen: the Daily Journal. p. 38.

[2] Ewing, William Annals of the Free Church

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