Fochabers is a town in the Parish of Bellie, in Moray, Scotland, 10 miles (16 kilometres) east of the cathedral city of Elgin and also situated on the eastern bank of the River Spey. 1,728 individuals stay in the town, which delights in a rich music and also social background. The village is likewise residence to Baxters, the family-run supplier of foods. The village owes its existence to Alexander Gordon, fourth Duke of Gordon (1743-1827). Throughout the late-eighteenth century, during the Scottish Knowledge, it was classy for landowners to located new communities and also villages; these can be acknowledged throughout Scotland, because unlike their predecessors they all have straight, vast streets in generally rectangular layouts, a main square, and your homes built with their main elevations parallel to the street. The lessees benefited from even more spacious homes, as well as the Battle each other, it has to be claimed, gained from not having the hoi polloi living in hovels right on the front door of Gordon Castle. Fochabers was founded in 1776, as well as is just one of the best instances of an intended village. It is a conservation area, with the majority of the structures 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 jobs by notable craftsmen, as well as the Episcopalian church, Gordon Chapel, which flaunts the biggest collection of Pre-Raphaelite stained glass in Scotland. Electrical power was given the town in 1906 by Charles Gordon-Lennox, 7th Duke of Richmond provided from a little hydro-electric producing station integrated in 1905 in the Quarters district on the banks of the fast-flowing Spey. Temporarily in the mid-twentieth century, Fochabers was the home of three duchesses - Hilda, Duchess of Richmond and Gordon; Ivy, Duchess of Portland and Helen, Duchess of Northumberland. Between 1893 and also 1966 the village had a train station, Fochabers Community, although after 1931 this was open just to freight. For almost 3 decades, individuals of Fochabers advocated a bypass, as the town is located on the A96, the only direct route from Aberdeen to Inverness, and also consequently experiences major web traffic issues. Construction deal with a bypass for Fochabers and also the neighbouring town of Mosstodloch started on 2 February 2010 as well as was completed in January 2012, at an expense of £31,500,000. The project was substantially postponed due to contrast concerning the proposed course, as well as exploration of a Neolithic settlement on the site of the bypass.