Fochabers

Fochabers is a village in the Parish of , in , Scotland, 10 miles east of the cathedral city of and located on the east bank of the River Spey.
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Places of Interest

Highlights include Gordon Chapel and St Mary’s.

Church
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is a 19th-century church in Fochabers, Moray, Scotland. It is part of the Scottish Episcopal Church, under the governance of the Diocese of Moray, Ross and Caithness.

Church
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St Mary's, Fochabers is a Roman Catholic church in the village of Fochabers, , in and is a part of the RC Diocese of Aberdeen. The building is significant for the high quality of its altar and stained glass windows.

Castle
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is a historic country house and former ducal seat near Fochabers in the parish of in , . Originally built in the 1470s by George Gordon, 2nd Earl of Huntly, as a fortified tower known as the Bog o’ Gight, it evolved over the centuries into one of the largest and most distinguished houses in Scotland.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Mosstodloch and Dipple.

Village
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is a small village in , Scotland, lying near the A96 between Fochabers and on the west bank of the River Spey. The village was served by Balnacoul Halt railway station from 1893 to 1931.

Hamlet
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is a village in the Parish of Speymouth, in , Scotland, approximately 8 miles east of and is located on the west bank of the River Spey.

Hamlet
is a locality in , Scotland. Little survives of the old parish church at , located 2 miles north of Fochabers, although its graveyard is preserved.

Fochabers

Latitude
57.6141° or 57° 36′ 51″ north
Longitude
-3.09745° or 3° 5′ 51″ west
Population
1,710
Elevation
121 feet (37 metres)
United Nations Location Code
GB FCB
Open location code
9C9RJW73+J2
Open­Street­Map ID
node 470930074
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­village
Geo­Names ID
2649269
Wiki­data ID
Q1011728
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In Other Languages

From Basque to Welsh—“Fochabers” goes by many names.
  • Basque: “Fochabers”
  • Bengali: “ফখাবার লনব্রিড”
  • Bulgarian: “Фочаберс”
  • Cebuano: “Fochabers”
  • Chinese: “佛赫巴斯”
  • Dutch: “Fochabers”
  • French: “Fochabers”
  • German: “Fochabers”
  • Gujarati: “ફોચેબર્સ”
  • Irish: “Fachabair”
  • Italian: “Fochabers”
  • Japanese: “フォシャバーズ”
  • Japanese: “フォッシャバーズ・ランブライド”
  • Japanese: “フォッシャバーズ”
  • Kannada: “ಫೊಚಬೇರ್ಸ್”
  • Korean: “포카버스 랜브라이드”
  • Lithuanian: “Fočabersas”
  • Persian: “فوکبرز”
  • Portuguese: “Fochabers”
  • Russian: “Фокаберс”
  • Scots: “Fochabers”
  • Scottish Gaelic: “Fachabair”
  • Scottish Gaelic: “Fochabers”
  • Scottish Gaelic: “Fothabair”
  • Spanish: “Fochabers”
  • Swedish: “Fochabers”
  • Tamil: “போசபேர்ஸ்”
  • Telugu: “ఫోచాబెర్స్”
  • Urdu: “فوچابیرس”
  • Welsh: “Fochabers”
  • “Fochabers”

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