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St Fergus

Village in Aberdeenshire, Scotland

Field	Value
official_name	St Fergus
country	Scotland
static_image_name	St Fergus.jpg
static_image_caption	Modern housing in St Fergus
coordinates
os_grid_reference	NK095521
population
population_ref	()
unitary_scotland	Aberdeenshire
lieutenancy_scotland	Aberdeenshire
post_town	Peterhead
postcode_area	AB
postcode_district	AB42
constituency_westminster	Aberdeenshire North and Moray East
constituency_scottish_parliament	Banffshire and Buchan Coast

Note

the village

St Fergus () is a village in the Buchan area of Aberdeenshire, Scotland. St Fergus lies 1 mi from the North Sea coast and 3 mi north-west of Peterhead. The Parish of St Fergus includes the remains of Inverugie Castle and Ravenscraig Castle. The church in the village was built in 1763. The church for this parish previously stood in the old kirkyard near the shore 2 mi to the east. This site on the St Fergus Links is still used as a burial ground. Prior to the change in site of the church the parish was known as Longley and at a still more remote period Inverugie.

History

Historically, the 9000 acre of St Fergus parish formed a detached portion of Banffshire. The parish was transferred to Aberdeenshire in 1891. At that time it had a population of 1,527.

The beach area was classed as a risk during WW2 as a possible (but unlikely) landing area for a German invasion. Several pillboxes and anti-tank blocks were placed along the coast. These formed part of the Rattray stop line. Anti-tank ditches are still visible today. A minefield was laid on St Fergus links and Craigwan sands. On 30 November 1941, 11-year-old John Paul, 12-year-old James Reekie and Corporal Ronald Cumbley of the Royal Engineers were killed by a landmine. Two other soldiers were also injured. On 26 March 1946, Lance Corporal Reginald Wallis, age 26, and Corporal John Wood, age 23, of 11 Bomb Disposal company were killed whilst clearing landmines from the area. Corporal Wood stepped on the mine, thereby detonating it.

During mine clearing operations by 11th Company Bomb Disposal, a British Empire Medal was awarded to Sgt Robert Husband. Sgt Husband assisted a platoon officer dealing with mines that had fallen down a cliff when rough weather caused a bank of sand to collapse.

The St Fergus Gas Terminal situated to the north of the village, began operating in 1977 and was officially opened on 9 May 1978. The terminal consists of plants operated by a number of different oil and gas companies, and processes up to 60 e6m3 of North Sea gas per day, amounting to 15% of the United Kingdom gas demand.

Transportation

The town is served by buses between Fraserburgh and Aberdeen (via Peterhead).

References

{{Scottish settlement population citation
"Ordnance Survey. Six-inch 1st edition, 1843-1882. Aberdeenshire, Sheet XV (includes: St Fergus). Survey date: 1869. Publication date: 1872". National Library of Scotland.
"History of St Fergus, in Aberdeenshire and Banffshire". A Vision of Britain through Time.
"1920411 Lance Corporal Reginald Albert Fredrick Wallis, 11 Bomb Disposal Company, Royal Engineers". Royal Engineers Association, Bomb Disposal (EOD) Branch.
"2157702 Corporal John Miller Cowper Wood, 11 Bomb Disposal Company, Royal Engineers". Royal Engineers Association, Bomb Disposal (EOD) Branch.
"St Fergus Gas Shore Station". Gazetteer for Scotland.
Proctor, David. (2019-03-19). "North-east hospital worker slams bus timetable changes".

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