Fochabers is a village in the Parish of Bellie, in Moray, Scotland, 10 miles (16 kilometres) eastern of the cathedral city of Elgin and also located on the eastern financial institution of the River Spey. 1,728 people live in the town, which appreciates an abundant music and cultural history. The town is likewise residence to Baxters, the family-run manufacturer of foods items. The village owes its existence to Alexander Gordon, fourth Duke of Gordon (1743-1827). Throughout the late-eighteenth century, during the Scottish Enlightenment, it was classy for landowners to found new communities and also towns; these can be identified around Scotland, since unlike their precursors they all have directly, vast streets in mostly rectangular formats, a main square, and also the houses constructed with their primary elevations alongside the street. The occupants gained from even more roomy residences, and the Fight it out, it needs to be stated, gained from not having the hoi polloi living in hovels right on the doorstep of Gordon Castle. Fochabers was founded in 1776, and is one of the very best examples of a prepared town. It is a conservation area, with the majority of the buildings in the High Street noted as being of historical or architectural passion, as is Bellie Kirk, the Roman Catholic church St. Mary's Fochabers, which houses works by significant craftsmen, as well as the Episcopalian church, Gordon Chapel, which boasts the biggest collection of Pre-Raphaelite tarnished glass in Scotland. Electricity was given the town in 1906 by Charles Gordon-Lennox, 7th Duke of Richmond supplied from a tiny hydro-electric producing terminal integrated in 1905 in the Quarters district 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 also Gordon; Ivy, Duchess of Portland and Helen, Duchess of Northumberland. Between 1893 and also 1966 the town had a railway terminal, Fochabers Community, although after 1931 this was open just to products. For virtually 3 decades, individuals of Fochabers campaigned for a bypass, as the town is positioned on the A96, the only direct route from Aberdeen to Inverness, and consequently experiences major website traffic issues. Construction service a bypass for Fochabers as well as the adjoining village of Mosstodloch started on 2 February 2010 and was finished in January 2012, at a price of £31,500,000. The job was substantially delayed due to conflict relating to the suggested path, as well as exploration of a Neolithic negotiation on the site of the bypass.