Fetterangus, Banffshire

Historical Description

FETTERANGUS, a village, in the parish of Old Deer, county of Banff, 1½ mile (N. N. E.) from Deer; containing 225 inhabitants. This place is locally situated in the shire of Aberdeen, and is a modern village, erected on the estate of Mr. Ferguson of Pitfour: the population is employed chiefly in the linen manufacture. A little east of the village runs the great road from Fraserburgh to Aberdeen, which intersects the parish in a direction north and south.