Fochabers is a village in the Parish of Bellie, in Moray, Scotland, 10 miles (16 kilometres) eastern of the cathedral city of Elgin as well as located on the eastern bank of the River Spey. 1,728 individuals live in the town, which enjoys a rich music and also social history. The town is likewise house to Baxters, the family-run producer of foodstuffs. The town owes its existence to Alexander Gordon, fourth Duke of Gordon (1743-1827). During the late-eighteenth century, during the Scottish Knowledge, it was trendy for landowners to located new communities and towns; these can be acknowledged around Scotland, because unlike their predecessors they all have directly, wide roads in generally rectangular designs, a central square, and also your homes developed with their primary altitudes parallel to the street. The occupants gained from even more roomy residences, as well as the Duke, it needs to be stated, benefited from not having the hoi polloi living in hovels exactly on the front door of Gordon Castle. Fochabers was founded in 1776, and also is just one of the very best instances of an intended 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 remarkable artisans, as well as the Episcopalian church, Gordon Chapel, which flaunts the largest collection of Pre-Raphaelite stained glass in Scotland. Electricity was offered the village in 1906 by Charles Gordon-Lennox, 7th Duke of Richmond supplied from a tiny hydro-electric generating station built in 1905 in the Quarters area on the banks of the fast-flowing Spey. For a while 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 1966 the town had a railway terminal, Fochabers Town, although after 1931 this was open just to freight. For almost three years, individuals of Fochabers advocated a bypass, as the town is situated on the A96, the only direct route from Aberdeen to Inverness, and subsequently struggles with major traffic troubles. Building and construction work on a bypass for Fochabers as well as the neighbouring village of Mosstodloch began on 2 February 2010 and was completed in January 2012, at a cost of £31,500,000. The job was considerably delayed because of clash regarding the suggested route, as well as discovery of a Neolithic settlement on the site of the bypass.