Old Photographs Of Fyvie Aberdeenshire Scotland

Tour Scotland wee video of old photographs of Fyvie, a village in the Formartine area of Aberdeenshire. Fyvie was a staging post on the military route between Aberdeen and the garrison at Fort George on the Moray Firth. A folk song The Bonnie Lass o' Fyvie tells of a captain of dragoons who dies for the love of a Fyvie girl. Another folk song, Andrew Lammie, tells of the doomed love of a local miller's daughter, Annie, for Lord Fyvie's trumpeter. This may be a historical story; the young woman's grave is said to be in Fyvie churchyard. St Peter's Church was built in the early nineteenth century on the site of a medieval church. Built into the east gable are three Class I Pictish symbol stones and a Class III Pictish cross. The church displays some Louis Comfort Tiffany stained glass windows.Fyvie was first used as a surname by descendants of the Pictish people of ancient Scotland. Fyvie railway station opened in 1857 and closed on 1 October, 1951. All photographs are copyright of Sandy Stevenson, Tour Scotland, and may not be used without permission.

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