Woodhead of Fyvie, often simply called "Woodhead", is an inland hamlet in Formartine, Aberdeenshire, Scotland, that lies to the east of Fyvie near the upper River Ythan. It is believed to have been an ancient royal burgh, as evidenced by the 1723 record of a "stone tolbooth and a stone cross" and a 1765 map showing a large community and mercat cross, whils…Woodhead of Fyvie, often simply called "Woodhead", is an inland hamlet in Formartine, Aberdeenshire, Scotland, that lies to the east of Fyvie near the upper River Ythan. It is believed to have been an ancient royal burgh, as evidenced by the 1723 record of a "stone tolbooth and a stone cross" and a 1765 map showing a large community and mercat cross, whilst Fyvie "was but a huddle of houses at Peterswell".
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