Fochabers is a village in the Parish of Bellie, in Moray, Scotland, 10 miles (16 kilometres) east of the cathedral city of Elgin and located on the eastern financial institution of the River Spey. 1,728 individuals reside in the town, which appreciates an abundant music and also cultural background. The village is likewise home to Baxters, the family-run manufacturer of foodstuffs. The village owes its existence to Alexander Gordon, 4th Duke of Gordon (1743-1827). Throughout the late-eighteenth century, during the Scottish Knowledge, it was stylish for landowners to discovered brand-new towns and towns; these can be identified throughout Scotland, since unlike their precursors they all have straight, vast roads in generally rectangle-shaped layouts, a main square, and also your houses constructed with their major elevations parallel to the street. The tenants took advantage of even more roomy residences, as well as the Battle each other, it needs to be claimed, 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 best instances of a prepared town. It is a sanctuary, with most of the buildings in the High Street noted as being of historic or architectural passion, as is Bellie Kirk, the Roman Catholic church St. Mary's Fochabers, which houses works by significant artisans, and also the Episcopalian church, Gordon Chapel, which boasts the largest collection of Pre-Raphaelite stained glass in Scotland. Electrical power was offered the town in 1906 by Charles Gordon-Lennox, 7th Duke of Richmond provided from a tiny hydro-electric generating terminal constructed in 1905 in the Quarters area on the banks 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 Rose City and also Helen, Duchess of Northumberland. Between 1893 and also 1966 the village had a train terminal, Fochabers Community, although after 1931 this was open only 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 deals with major website traffic problems. Building and construction work with a bypass for Fochabers and the neighbouring town of Mosstodloch started on 2 February 2010 and was completed in January 2012, at a price of £31,500,000. The project was considerably postponed due to contrast regarding the proposed course, as well as exploration of a Neolithic settlement on the site of the bypass.