Fordyce, Aberdeenshire
Fordyce is a village in Aberdeenshire, Scotland that is slightly inland from the point where the Burn of Fordyce meets the sea between Cullen and Portsoy. It has existed since at least the 13th century.Fordyce Castle, a T-plan structure built in 1592 and extended in 1700, lies in the centre of the village.Until 1964, the village had a notable secondary school called Fordyce Academy, which although small achieved high standards. Old boys of the school included the physicist and meteorologist Alexander Geddes, the zoologist William Dawson Henderson, and the 18th-century antiquary William Robertson. The brothers Robert and James Smith, who both played for Scotland in the first football international of 1872, were educated at the school.
