Place:Fettercairn, Kincardineshire, Scotland

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Name	Fettercairn
Type	Parish, Village
Coordinates	56.851°N 2.5717°W
Located in	Kincardineshire, Scotland ( - 1975)
Also located in	Grampian, Scotland (1975 - 1996)
	Aberdeenshire (council area), Scotland (1996 - )

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General Info

Fettercairn is a parish in the traditional county of Kincardineshire. It contains the village of Fasque as well as the village of Fettercairn itself.

A Vision of Britain through Time provides the following description of Fettercairn from John Bartholomew's Gazetteer of the British Isles of 1887:

"Fettercairn, par. and vil., SW. Kincardineshire, -- parish: 13,728 ac., population: 1503; vilage: at confluence of Crichie Burn and the Burn of Balnakettle, 4½ miles NW. of Laurencekirk, population: 398; [Post Office], [Telegraph Office], 1 Bank; in NE. vicinity of vil. is [Fettercairn] House, seat of Lord Clinton."

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