ABERCHIRDER, a village, in the parish of MARNOCH,
county of Banff, 7 miles (W. by N.) from Turriff;
containing 819 inhabitants. The whole parish was
formerly called by the name of this place, derived from
Sir David Aberkerder, Thane of Aberkerder, who lived
about the year 1400, and possessed great property in
this vicinity. The village consists chiefly of three
streets, regularly laid out, parallel to each other, with a
square in the centre, in addition to which, several good
substantial houses have been recently built. Aberchirder
contains a branch of the North of Scotland Bank, a
stamp-office, and a post-office; it is crossed by the turnpike-
road between Banff and Huntly, and that between
Turriff and Portsoy also passes through it. There is an
Episcopalian chapel.