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FYVIE (parish) Continued
Parish of Fyvie
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with great bravery for several days, and then marched by night to Strathbogie. The Entrenchments are still distinctly to be seen, And the ground goes by the name of Montrose Camp. One of Argyle's encampments also on the lands of Ardlogie is still called the Camp-fold. The old orthography was "Fyvin" in correspondence with the etymology already assigned. It seems to have been a Royal Park, down to the time of Robert the 2nd And the Castle was no doubt a royal hunting seat. In 1325, mention is made of the "Kings Park of Fyvin". Between 1370 and 1380 it was given by Robert 2nd to his eldest son, John, then Steward of Scotland, and afterwards King by the title of Robert III. He soon resigned it in favor of his Cousin german Sir James Lindsay. It was acquired by the Prestons in 1390; by the Meldrums about 1440; by the Setons in 1596; and by the present family the Gordons, in 1726. The Estate of Gight in this parish now the property of the Earl of Aberdeen, formerly belonged to the maternal ancestors of the late Lord Byron. It was sold soon after the marriage of his mother, who was the heiress. About the middle of the Churchyard there is a humble grave, but one possessed of a certain romantic interest, that of the heroine of the pathetic Scotch ballad called "Tifties Bonnie Annie". The original
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Parish of Fyvie

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