Duffus
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Duffus is a village in Moray, Scotland, centred on a Mercat Cross. The village of Duffus consists of around 200 people on average. It's services include the Duffus Shop and Post Office offering a wide range of services to the community. The Duffus Village Inn also provides a communication centre at New years Eve, and the newly established Duffus Village Hall is used regulary for village affairs.
Duffus has consecutively won countless awards, including "Best Kept small village in the North of Scotland".
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[edit] Gala Day
Perhaps renowned across Morayshire and beyond, is the Duffus Village Gala providing a whole host of activities for villagers and nearby settlements alike. Most of the most well known activities are the Ferret Racing and Gala Dance afterwards resulting in fond memories all round.
[edit] History
Duffus was the base of the regionally powerful de Moravia family during the High Middle Ages. The family was of Flemish origin, and had been planted in Moray by the Scottish crown as agents of royal authority, but had steadily built an independent power-base.
[edit] See also
- Gilbert de Moravia
- Andreas de Moravia
- Walter de Moravia
- Fearchar, Earl of Ross
- Nechtan IV of the Picts
[edit] References
- Barrow, G.W.S., The Kingdom of the Scots. Edinburgh University Press, Edinburgh, 2003. ISBN 0-7486-1803-1
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