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Enhancement Works
at Aberchirder Square Complete Apart from Additional Street Furniture.
Click here for further images and details of the day of celebration.
The Burgh of Aberchirder &
Parish of Marnoch, North-East Scotland -
Past & Present.
Aberchirder & District Community Association set up this site to document the history and culture of the village
and the surrounding area.
Its purpose is also to promote the ideal location from which to access the numerous and varied places of interest within the north-east corner
of Scotland.
Foggieloan, or to give it its official title, Aberchirder, is situated in North-East Scotland and is well served by roads leading from the Moray Firth coastal route and the surrounding area of Aberdeenshire. It lies at the centre of the Parish of Marnoch, on the A97 road between Huntly and Banff and is most easily reached by car, although it is also served by buses and the railway station at Huntly. The city of Aberdeen is about an hour's drive away and Inverness, the capital of the Highlands, can also be reached in little over an hour. Click here to see a location map.
Satellite Navigation Users - The postcode
AB54 7TA will take you to the town centre.
Why Foggieloan?
Aberchirder was originally known as Foggieloan and was named such after a nearby ferm toun. To find out more about this and its origin, visit the brief history section of our Virtual Museum. So where did the name come from? There are various theories; the most likely is that there is a stretch of moorland north of where the ferm toun existed (and, now, north of the village) which was named Foggieloan Moss from two Gaelic words foidh (peat moss) and lon (meadow), so Foggieloan means peaty or boggy meadow.
Many people have contacted us via this web site seeking details of their family history. Unfortunately we have neither the resources nor the experience to deal with such requests. However, we have put together a series of links to web sites where research can be carried out on people from the Aberchirder area and North-East Scotland generally. Please visit our section on Genealogy - click here
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Routes To Your Roots
To celebrate the 2009 Year of the Homecoming, Aberdeenshire Council has published a very attractive 40 page booklet 'Routes To Your North East Roots : Researching Family History In Aberdeenshire City And Shire'. This contains detailed lists of which records, relevant to the North-east of Scotland, are held where, as well as additional background information.
The booklet is also available
online at
www.aberdeenshire.gov.uk/familyhistory/index.asp
Those
who get involved in researching their family history like to visit the places
from which their ancestors
originated. Should you wish to visit
the Aberchirder area you
will be made very welcome. Accommodation
can be found using our
Businesses & Services page.
Navigate our site using the following links:
Picture Gallery
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Due
to public demand, a link to the Picture Gallery housed in the Virtual
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© ADCA Aberchirder, North-East
Scotland 2002-2010.
Site Updated
18 July 2010
