Foveran

Foveran

infobox UK place
country = Scotland
official_name= Foveran
os_grid_reference= NJ980232
map_type=Scotland
latitude=57.29939
longitude=-2.03483
unitary_scotland= Aberdeenshire
lieutenancy_scotland= Aberdeenshire
constituency_westminster= Gordon
constituency_scottish_parliament= Gordon
post_town= ELLON
postcode_district = AB41
postcode_area= AB
dial_code= 01358

Foveran is the name of both a parish and village in Aberdeenshire, Scotland. The village is located 11 miles north of Aberdeen and 4 miles south-east of Ellon; the main group of houses and the village school are located adjacent to the main A90 trunk road. The hereditary baronetcy of Foveran is held by the Turing family (see Turing Baronets). The cryptographer and computing pioneer Alan Turing (1912-1954) was uncle to the present Baronet, Sir John Dermot Turing.


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