Aberchirder

Aberchirder

infobox UK place
country = Scotland
official_name= Aberchirder
scots_name=
gaelic_name= Obar Chiardair
population= 1,149 [cite web|publisher=Scotland's Census Results Online|title =Comparative Population Profile: Aberchirder Locality | url=http://www.scrol.gov.uk/scrol/browser/profile.jsp?profile=Population&mainArea=aberchirder&mainLevel=Locality | date = 2001-04-29| accessdate =2008-08-31 ] (2001 census)
est. 1,200 [http://www.gro-scotland.gov.uk/statistics/publications-and-data] (2006)
os_grid_reference= NJ624522
map_type=Scotland
latitude=57.55832
longitude=-2.63004
unitary_scotland= Aberdeenshire
lieutenancy_scotland= Banffshire
constituency_westminster= Banff and Buchan
constituency_scottish_parliament= Banff and Buchan
post_town= HUNTLY
postcode_district = AB54 7xx
postcode_area= AB
dial_code= 01466 780

Aberchirder (Gaelic: "Obar Chiardair"), known locally as Foggieloan or Foggie, is a village in Aberdeenshire, Scotland, situated on the A97 road six miles west of Turriff.

History

There is some uncertainty as to how the nickname "Foggie" originated. There are various theories; the most likely is that there is a stretch of moorland north of where the farm town existed (and, now, north of the village) which was named Foggieloan Moss from two Gaelic words "foidh" (peat moss) and "lòn" (meadow), so Foggieloan means peaty or boggy meadow.

Aberchirder was originally a small Royal Burgh but the main town was founded in 1764. Kinnairdy Castle, belonging to the Crichton family is 2 miles to the south west, where the River Deveron joins the Auchintoul Burn.

Aberchirder, which has several church buildings, was associated with the Disruption of 1843 that created the Free Church of Scotland. Saint Marnan (d. 620) is supposedly buried here.

Notable musician Irvin Duguid was born in the village in the Police Station house on the 18 December 1969.

References

* "AA Touring Guide to Scotland" (1978)

External links

* [http://www.foggieloan.co.uk/ Foggieloan]
* Gazetteer for Scotland, 2002-2004: [http://www.geo.ed.ac.uk/scotgaz/towns/townfirst166.html Aberchirder]
* Gazetteer for Scotland, 2002-2004: [http://www.geo.ed.ac.uk/scotgaz/towns/townhistory166.html Aberchirder history]


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