Fordyce, Aberdeenshire

In 1990, Charles McKean wrote that Fordyce was "a sheer delight to discover, concealed as it is from the passing eye by hills and rolling countryside".

[1] The Kirkton of Fordyce was erected into a Burgh of Barony in 1499 by Bishop William Elphinstone of Aberdeen.

[2] Fordyce Castle, a T-plan structure built in 1592[1] and extended in 1700, lies in the centre of the village.

Until 1964, the village had a notable secondary school called Fordyce Academy, which although small achieved high standards.

[3] The brothers Robert and James Smith, who both played for Scotland in the first football international of 1872, were educated at the school.