Fochabers is a village in the Parish of Bellie, in Moray, Scotland, 10 miles (16 kilometres) east of the cathedral city of Elgin and also located on the eastern bank of the River Spey. 1,728 individuals live in the town, which enjoys a rich music and cultural background. The village is likewise house to Baxters, the family-run maker of foodstuffs. The village owes its presence to Alexander Gordon, fourth Duke of Gordon (1743-1827). Throughout the late-eighteenth century, during the Scottish Enlightenment, it was fashionable for landowners to located brand-new communities and also towns; these can be identified throughout Scotland, because unlike their precursors they all have straight, vast roads in primarily rectangular formats, a central square, as well as the houses constructed with their main altitudes parallel to the street. The tenants benefited from more roomy homes, as well as the Fight it out, it has to be said, taken advantage of not having the hoi polloi living in hovels exactly on the front door of Gordon Castle. Fochabers was founded in 1776, as well as is among the most effective examples of a planned village. It is a conservation area, with the majority of the buildings in the High Street provided as being of historical or building passion, as is Bellie Kirk, the Roman Catholic church St. Mary's Fochabers, which houses jobs by significant artisans, as well as the Episcopalian church, Gordon Chapel, which flaunts the largest collection of Pre-Raphaelite tarnished glass in Scotland. Electricity was offered the town in 1906 by Charles Gordon-Lennox, 7th Duke of Richmond provided from a little hydro-electric generating terminal constructed in 1905 in the Quarters area on the financial institutions of the fast-flowing Spey. Temporarily in the mid-twentieth century, Fochabers was the house of 3 duchesses - Hilda, Duchess of Richmond and Gordon; Ivy, Duchess of Rose City as well as Helen, Duchess of Northumberland. Between 1893 and also 1966 the town had a train terminal, Fochabers Community, although after 1931 this was open only to products. For nearly 3 years, the people of Fochabers campaigned for a bypass, as the town is located on the A96, the only direct route from Aberdeen to Inverness, as well as subsequently experiences major website traffic problems. Construction work with a bypass for Fochabers and also the neighbouring town of Mosstodloch started on 2 February 2010 and was finished in January 2012, at a price of £31,500,000. The project was considerably postponed as a result of conflict regarding the suggested path, and also discovery of a Neolithic settlement on the site of the bypass.