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Fyvie Scottish Gaelic: Fia Chein
Pictish stones set into the wall of Fyvie Kirk
Fyvie Location within Aberdeenshire
OS grid reference	NJ767377
Council area	Aberdeenshire
Lieutenancy area	Aberdeenshire
Country	Scotland
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	TURRIFF
Postcode district	AB53
Dialling code	01651

Police	Scotland
Fire	Scottish
Ambulance	Scottish

UK Parliament	Banff and Buchan
Scottish Parliament	Aberdeenshire East
List of places UK Scotland 57°25′47″N 2°23′20″W / 57.429806°N 2.3889999°W / 57.429806; -2.3889999

Fyvie is a village in the Formartine area of Aberdeenshire, Scotland.

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 Lion in the early 13th 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.^[1]

The church displays some Louis Comfort Tiffany stained glass windows.^{[citation needed]}

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'.^{[citation needed]}

Notable people

Alastair Storey (born 1953), chairman and CEO of Westbury Street Holdings^[2]
Cosmo Gordon Lang (1864-1945), Archbishop of Canterbury, was born in the village manse

References

^ "St Peter's Church, Fyvie". Aberdeenshire Council. Retrieved 5 April 2011.
^ "Celebrity-toppling Alastair Storey sees catering trade as table laden with opportunity".

External links

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v t e Settlements and places of interest in Formartine, Aberdeenshire
Primary settlements	Balmedie Cuminestown Ellon Fyvie Newburgh Oldmeldrum Pitmedden Potterton Rothienorman Tarves Turriff
Other settlements	Auchterless Barthol Chapel Belhelvie Blackdog Bogton Cairnorrie Collieston Craigdam Daviot Foveran Garmond Gight Gordonstown Inverkeithny Methlick Udny Green Udny Station Whitecairns Whiterashes Woodhead of Fyvie Ythanbank
Places of interest	Balmedie Country Park Craigston Castle Delgatie Castle Esslemont Castle Formartine and Buchan Way Fyvie Castle Haddo House Knockhall Castle Pitmedden Garden Sands of Forvie Tolquhon Castle Ythan Estuary

v t e Areas and primary settlements in Aberdeenshire (see also: Aberdeen City)
in Banff and Buchan	Aberchirder Banff Fraserburgh Gardenstown Inverallochy and Cairnbulg Macduff Portsoy Rosehearty Sandhaven Whitehills
in Buchan	Boddam Crimond Cruden Bay Fetterangus Hatton Longside Maud Mintlaw New Deer New Pitsligo Peterhead St Combs St Fergus Strichen Stuartfield
in Formartine	Balmedie Cuminestown Ellon Fyvie Newburgh Oldmeldrum Pitmedden Potterton Rothienorman Tarves Turriff
in Garioch	Blackburn Insch Inverurie Kemnay Kintore Newmachar Westhill
in Kincardine and Mearns	Drumoak Fettercairn Gourdon Inverbervie Johnshaven Laurencekirk Luthermuir Newtonhill Portlethen St Cyrus Stonehaven
in Marr	Aboyne Alford Ballater Banchory Braemar Huntly Lumphanan Tarland Torphins

v t e Pictish sculptured stones
Caithness	Ackergill Birkle Hill Crosskirk Latheron Sandside Skinnet Ulbster Watenan
Ross	Ardjachie Stone Dingwall Stone Edderton Cross Slab Clach Chairidh Gairloch Stone Hilton of Cadboll Stone Nigg Stone Poolewe Stone Portmahomack sculpture fragments Rosemarkie Stone Rosemarkie sculpture fragments Rosskeen Stone Shandwick Stone Strathpeffer Stone
Badenoch and Strathspey	Advie Stone Ballintomb Stone Congash Stones Dunachton Stone Findlarig Stone Grantown Stone Inverallan Stone Lynchurn Stone
Moray	Birnie Symbol Stone Burghead Bulls Burghead (fragment) stone Dandaleith stone Drainie Carved Stones Easterton of Roseisle stone Elgin Pillar Inveravon Church stones (4) Rodney's Stone Sculptor's Cave symbol wall carvings Sueno's Stone
Inverness	Balbair Stones Culaird Stone Dores Stone Drumbuie Stone Garbeg Stone Invereen Stone Kingsmills Stone Knocknagael Stone Lochardill Stone Torgorm Stone
Aberdeen and Aberdeenshire	Ardlair Stone Aquhollie Stone Brandsbutt Stone Broomend of Crichie stone Cairnton stone Dunnicaer stones Dyce stones Fordoun Stone Fyvie Stones Kintore stones Logie Elphinstone Stones Maiden Stone Migvie Stone Monymusk Stone Nether Corskie Stone Newbigging, Leslie Stone Newton Stone Picardy Stone Rhynie Stones Tillytarmont Stones
Angus	Aberlemno Sculptured Stones Balluderon Stone Camus Cross Drosten Stone Dunnichen Stone Eassie Stone Glamis Manse Stone Hunter's Hill Stone Kirriemuir Sculptured Stones Monifieth Sculptured Stones St Orland's Stone St Vigeans Sculptured Stones Strathmartine Castle Stone Woodwrae Stone
Perth and Kinross	Bullion Stone Dupplin Cross Meigle standing stones
Fife	Abdie stone Scoonie Stone
Orkney	Brough of Birsay Greens Knowe of Burrian
Shetland	Breck of Hillwell Cunningsburgh

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