FETTERANGUS, a village, in the parish of Old-Deer,
county of Banff, 1^ mile (N.N. E.) from Deer;
containing 225 inhabitants. This place is locally situated
in the shire of Aberdeen, and is a modern village,
erected on the estate of Mr. Ferguson of Pitfour: the
population is employed chiefly in the linen manufacture.
A little east of the village runs the great road from
Fraserburgh to Aberdeen, which intersects the parish in
a direction north and south.