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Scotland (Counties as in 1851-1901) => Scotland => Banffshire => Topic started by: liverpool annie on Sunday 08 January 06 20:30 GMT (UK)
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Is the village of Aberchinder also known as 'Foggylone' - still there?
Thank you in advance!
Annie :)
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Hi Annie,
Yes it's still there but it's Aberchirder and Foggieloan ;)
www.foggieloan.co.uk
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I apologise ! - I screwed that up good and proper didn't I ?? ::)
Thank you Grothenwell !!
Annie :)
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No need to apologise! You were only one letter out with the "proper" name, and I admit I had to look it up on the internet to confirm foggie was ie not y! :)
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Phew! Thank goodness for that ! -
I had a horrible feeling - you came from there!! ;)
I'll look through the site and see what I can find out!!
Thanks again!
Annie :)
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My Father is from foggie and I've spent many happy holidays in my childhood there :)
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Hi - if you want me to lookup anytihng in foggie im a teacher there so am there once a week...just let me know
ALison
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<Foggieloan >has its own web site.very good.Lots of old pictures.
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My mother lived near Fogie for many years and told me that the village was originally somewhere else, but it was offending the Laird, so he had it all moved out of his line of sight!
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My mother lived near Fogie for many years and told me that the village was originally somewhere else, but it was offending the Laird, so he had it all moved out of his line of sight!
That's quite a common occurrence - New Scone and Fochabers are examples of the same thing, and there are probably others.
I found an old map once on the British Library web site that actually had Foggieloan marked on it, but I can't remember which map it was and have not been able to find it again. It was a farm at the western end, roughly, of what is now the town of Aberchirder, and at least part of the town must lie on the land that was Foggie.