Fyvie is a village in the Formartine

Formartine

Formartine is a committee area in Aberdeenshire, Scotland. This district has a long history and extends north from the River Don. It has a population of 36,478 ....

 area of Aberdeenshire

Aberdeenshire

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, Scotland

Scotland

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Fyvie Castle

Fyvie Castle

Fyvie Castle

Fyvie Castle is a castle in the village of Fyvie, near Turriff in Aberdeenshire, Scotland.The earliest parts of Fyvie Castle date from the 13th century - some sources claim it was built in 1211 by William the Lion. Fyvie was the site of an open-air court held by Robert the Bruce, and Charles I...

 is reputed to have been built by King William the Lyon in the early thirteenth century. It was the site of an open-air court held by King Robert the Bruce and home to the future King Charles I

Charles I of England

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 as a child.

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.

The church displays some Louis Comfort Tiffany

Louis Comfort Tiffany

Louis Comfort Tiffany was an American artist and designer who worked in the decorative arts and is best known for his work in stained glass. He is the American artist most associated with the Art Nouveau  and Aesthetic movements...

 stained glass windows.

Folk tradition

A folk song The Bonnie Lass o' Fyvie

The Bonnie Lass o' Fyvie

The Bonnie Lass o' Fyvie is a Scottish folk song about a thwarted romance between a soldier and a girl. Like many folk songs, the authorship is unattributed, there is no strict version of the lyrics, and it is often referred to by its opening line There once was a troop o' Irish dragoons...

tells of a captain of dragoons who dies for the love of a Fyvie girl. Another folk song, Andrew Lammie

Andrew Lammie

Andrew Lammie is Child ballad 233. It is said to record a historical event, with the grave of the heroine in the at Fyvie.-Synopsis:Tifty’s Annie falls in love with Andrew Lammie, a lord's trumpeter. Her parents refuse permission because he is poor. He has to leave, and although he has promised...

, tells of the doomed love of a local miller's daughter, Annie, for Lord Fyvie's trumpeter. This may be a historical story; the young woman's grave is said to be in Fyvie churchyard.

Etymology

It is thought that the name Fyvie is derived from Fia-chein 'Deer hill'.

External links

• Fyvie School
• Fyvie School Parent Forum
• Fyvie Cub Scouts Web Page
• Fyvie Folk Club Folk Club
  Folk music
  Folk music is an English term encompassing both traditional folk music and contemporary folk music. The term originated in the 19th century. Traditional folk music has been defined in several ways: as music transmitted by mouth, as music of the lower classes, and as music with unknown composers....
  
  
• Mill o' Tifty's Annie