Fochabers is a town in the Parish of Bellie, in Moray, Scotland, 10 miles (16 km) eastern of the cathedral city of Elgin as well as located on the eastern financial institution of the River Spey. 1,728 people reside in the village, which enjoys an abundant musical as well as cultural background. The town is likewise home to Baxters, the family-run producer of foods. The town owes its presence to Alexander Gordon, 4th Duke of Gordon (1743-1827). Throughout the late-eighteenth century, during the Scottish Knowledge, it was stylish for landowners to located brand-new communities and also towns; these can be acknowledged around Scotland, since unlike their precursors they all have directly, large streets in generally rectangular designs, a main square, and the houses constructed with their main elevations parallel to the street. The renters benefited from even more spacious houses, as well as the Duke, it needs to be stated, gained from not having the hoi polloi living in hovels precisely the front door of Gordon Castle. Fochabers was founded in 1776, as well as is among the best examples of a planned town. It is a conservation area, with the majority of the structures in the High Street listed as being of historical or architectural passion, as is Bellie Kirk, the Roman Catholic church St. Mary's Fochabers, which houses works by noteworthy artisans, and also the Episcopalian church, Gordon Chapel, which flaunts the largest collection of Pre-Raphaelite stained glass in Scotland. Electrical power was offered the village in 1906 by Charles Gordon-Lennox, 7th Duke of Richmond provided from a tiny hydro-electric generating terminal integrated 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 three duchesses - Hilda, Duchess of Richmond and Gordon; Ivy, Duchess of Portland and Helen, Duchess of Northumberland. In between 1893 as well as 1966 the village had a railway terminal, Fochabers Community, although after 1931 this was open only to freight. For nearly three decades, individuals of Fochabers advocated a bypass, as the town is located on the A96, the only direct route from Aberdeen to Inverness, and subsequently suffers from severe web traffic problems. Building 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 cost of £31,500,000. The project was dramatically postponed as a result of clash concerning the suggested path, and exploration of a Neolithic negotiation on the site of the bypass.