Aberchirder
Sign in to saveAberchirder (pronounced ‘Aberhirder’; , ), known locally as Foggieloan or Foggie, is a village in Aberdeenshire, Scotland, situated on the A97 road six miles west of Turriff.
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Place details
- Locality
- Aberchirder
- Region
- Alba / Scotland
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Population
- 1,250
- Timezone
- Europe/London
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Key facts
- UK place.country
- Scotland
- UK place.official_name
- Aberchirder
- UK place.local_name
- Foggie
- UK place.scots_name
- Foggieloan/Aberchirder
- UK place.gaelic_name
- Obar Chiardair
- UK place.static_image_name
- Aberchirder Square - geograph.org.uk - 706357.jpg
- UK place.population_ref
- ()
- UK place.os_grid_reference
- NJ624522
- UK place.map_type
- Scotland
- UK place.unitary_scotland
- Aberdeenshire
- UK place.lieutenancy_scotland
- Banffshire
- UK place.constituency_westminster
- Aberdeenshire North and Moray East
- UK place.constituency_scottish_parliament
Wikidata facts
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Population
- +1260
- Time zone
- UTC±00:00
- Official website
- www.foggieloan.co.uk
- Image
- Main Street Aberchirder.jpg
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- P7959
- Banffshire
- P8168
- 1641 BC
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Aberchirder (pronounced ‘Aberhirder’; , ), known locally as Foggieloan or Foggie, is a village in Aberdeenshire, Scotland, situated on the A97 road six miles west of Turriff.
== Etymology == The name Aberchirder, recorded in as Aberkerdour means 'mouth of the Chirder'. It is formed from the Pictish word aber 'river mouth' and the stream-name Chirder which is itself formed from the Gaelic words ciar 'dark, brown' and dobhar 'water'. This stream name is probably an adaptation of an earlier Pictish name.