OS grid reference NJ767377 Sovereign state United Kingdom Postcode district AB53 Local time Saturday 8:55 PM Council area Aberdeenshire Scottish parliament Aberdeenshire East | Country Scotland Post town TURRIFF Police Scottish Dialling code 01651 Lieutenancy area Aberdeenshire UK parliament constituency Banff and Buchan | |
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Fyvie is a village in the Formartine area of Aberdeenshire, Scotland.
Contents
- Map of Fyvie Turriff UK
- Geography
- Fyvie Castle
- Education
- Church
- Folk tradition
- Etymology
- Notable people
- References
Map of Fyvie, Turriff, UK
Geography
Fyvie lies alongside the River Ythan and is on the A947 road.
Fyvie Castle
Fyvie Castle is reputed to have been built by King William the Lyon in the early thirteenth century. It was the site of an open-air court held by King Robert the Bruce and home to the future King Charles I as a child.
Education
The village's school, with around 125 pupils, serves the surrounding rural area.
Church
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.
Folk tradition
The song The Bonnie Lass o' Fyvie tells of a captain of dragoons who dies for the love of a Fyvie girl. Additionally, the song, Andrew Lammie, tells of the doomed love of a local miller's daughter, Annie, for Lord Fyvie's trumpeter. Both of these songs may have historical basis - the young woman's grave is said to be in Fyvie churchyard.
One of the prophecies of Thomas the Rhymer relates to Fyvie, predicting it will never flourish until a particular three stones are found (a prophecy obviously pre-dating the church with its three Pictish runestones).
Etymology
It is thought that the name Fyvie is derived from Fia-chein 'Deer hill'.