Discover

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

Contents

History

References

External links

History

There is some uncertainty as to where the nickname "Foggie" originated from 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.
Local lad Irvin Duguid was born in the village in the Police Station house on the 18th December 1969. Irvin became keyboard player in the live line-up of Stiltskin, a Scottish rock band with the number 1 hit single "Inside" in the UK in 1994. Duguid went on to work with other Scottish acts such as Gun, Fish (ex-Marillion vocalist), and has appeared on several albums by Stiltskin's old vocalist Ray Wilson, who for a short time in the late 1990s was lead singer with British pop group Genesis.

References

★ ''AA Touring Guide to Scotland'' (1978)

External links

★ Foggieloan

★ Gazetteer for Scotland, 2002-2004: Aberchirder

★ Gazetteer for Scotland, 2002-2004: Aberchirder history