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The Square, PETERHEAD, AB42 4EN

Duke Street, also sometimes called South Street, is one of two roads at right angles to the main street of Fetterangus. The name of the street has nothing to do with any noble gentleman; it is the Scots word 'deuk', meaning a duck, and refers to the duck pond which was once at the lower end of the street.

Although the formal name of the village is Fetterangus, it is referred to locally as Fishie, hence the name of the village pub. Sadly, it was not open until 3 pm today, so I was unable to sample its wares (not that I would have been tempted by the alcoholic wares, of course, as I was driving).

North place would be the continuation of Duke Street if it were not for the latter curving round to leave a grassy area on the south side of the Square. In that square, at the foot of this street, is the site of the United Presbyterian kirk which was opened in 1882. In 1929 the United Presbyterian Church was reunited with the Church of Scotland. The UP kirk was abandoned, and was demolished in the 1930s, and North Place extended over its site to meet the main street. If you enlarge the map, you can easily see the shape of the original diagonally-placed square.

This is one of the older cottages still standing in Fetterangus, with the date 1795 picked out in white paint at the top of the wall. It is in Duke Street.

According to the Buildings of Scotland (Pevsner) Guide, the kirk was built in 1880 but there is no Canmore listing; compare: http://www.scottishchurches.org.uk/sites/site/id/10092/name/Fetterangus+Parish+Church%2C+Old+Deer+Old+Deer+Grampian .

Fetterangus belongs to the parish of Old Deer, and did not get its own kirk until the 19th century, to provide services for the growing population of the village. It isn't marked on the first edition of the Ordnance Survey six-inch map, which was surveyed in 1869-70, but it is on all the later maps. That, and the style of building, both indicate that it was built in the latter part of the 19th century, but the exact date of construction appears to be unknown.

Fetterangus belongs to the parish of Old Deer, and did not get its own kirk until the 19th century, to provide services for the growing population of the village. It isn't marked on the first edition of the Ordnance Survey six-inch map, which was surveyed in 1869-70, but it is on all the later maps. That, and the style of building, both indicate that it was built in the latter part of the 19th century, but the exact date of construction appears to be unknown.

The main street through the improvement village founded in 1752 by James Ferguson of Pitfour: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Ferguson,_Lord_Pitfour .

The eastern half of the main street in Fetterangus is Gaval Street, the name being that of a farm outside the village. The house at the end of the street is the village's former post office, and at the time of writing it is for sale. Most of the older cottages have been either altered beyond recognition, or replaced by new ones.