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 situated on the eastern financial institution of the River Spey. 1,728 people live in the village, which takes pleasure in a rich musical and also cultural background. The village is additionally house to Baxters, the family-run manufacturer of foods. The town owes its presence to Alexander Gordon, fourth Duke of Gordon (1743-1827). During the late-eighteenth century, during the Scottish Enlightenment, it was trendy for landowners to discovered brand-new communities and towns; these can be identified throughout Scotland, because unlike their predecessors they all have right, vast streets in primarily rectangular formats, a central square, and your houses constructed with their primary elevations parallel to the street. The occupants gained from more roomy residences, and the Battle each other, it has to be said, gained from not having the hoi polloi living in hovels exactly on the doorstep of Gordon Castle. Fochabers was founded in 1776, and is among the best instances of a prepared town. It is a sanctuary, with the majority of the buildings in the High Street noted as being of historical or building passion, as is Bellie Kirk, the Roman Catholic church St. Mary's Fochabers, which houses works by significant artisans, and the Episcopalian church, Gordon Chapel, which flaunts the largest collection of Pre-Raphaelite stained glass in Scotland. Power was given the town in 1906 by Charles Gordon-Lennox, 7th Duke of Richmond supplied from a little hydro-electric creating terminal built in 1905 in the Quarters district on the financial institutions of the fast-flowing Spey. For a time in the mid-twentieth century, Fochabers was the home of three duchesses - Hilda, Duchess of Richmond and also Gordon; Ivy, Duchess of Rose City and also Helen, Duchess of Northumberland. Between 1893 as well as 1966 the village had a railway station, Fochabers Town, although after 1931 this was open only to freight. For almost three decades, the people of Fochabers campaigned for a bypass, as the village is positioned on the A96, the only direct route from Aberdeen to Inverness, and as a result struggles with major traffic troubles. Building and construction work on a bypass for Fochabers and also the adjoining town of Mosstodloch started on 2 February 2010 and also was completed in January 2012, at a price of £31,500,000. The project was considerably postponed as a result of contrast pertaining to the recommended route, as well as exploration of a Neolithic negotiation on the site of the bypass.