During the late 18th century, during the Scottish Enlightenment, it was fashionable for landowners to found new towns and villages, and these can be found all over Scotland because unlike their predecessors they all have straight, wide streets in mainly rectangular layouts, a central square, and the houses built with their main elevations parallel to the street.
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Fochabers is frequently mentioned in the travel news on the Ken Bruce show, BBC Radio 2
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Sir James Sivewright KCMG (1848–1916) — Telegraph and railway pioneer in South Africa.