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CUPAR , a royal, municipal and See also:police See also:burgh, and See also:capital of the See also:county of Fifeshire, See also:Scotland, 11 m. W. by S. of St See also:Andrews by the See also:North See also:British railway. Pop. (1901) 4511. It is situated on the See also:left See also:bank of the See also:Eden, in the See also:east of the See also:Howe (Hollow) of See also:Fife, and is sometimes written Cupar-Fife to distinguish it from Coupar-See also:Angus in See also:Perthshire. Among the See also:chief buildings are the See also:town See also:- HALL
- HALL (generally known as SCHWABISCH-HALL, tc distinguish it from the small town of Hall in Tirol and Bad-Hall, a health resort in Upper Austria)
- HALL (O.E. heall, a common Teutonic word, cf. Ger. Halle)
- HALL, BASIL (1788-1844)
- HALL, CARL CHRISTIAN (1812–1888)
- HALL, CHARLES FRANCIS (1821-1871)
- HALL, CHRISTOPHER NEWMAN (1816—19oz)
- HALL, EDWARD (c. 1498-1547)
- HALL, FITZEDWARD (1825-1901)
- HALL, ISAAC HOLLISTER (1837-1896)
- HALL, JAMES (1793–1868)
- HALL, JAMES (1811–1898)
- HALL, JOSEPH (1574-1656)
- HALL, MARSHALL (1790-1857)
- HALL, ROBERT (1764-1831)
- HALL, SAMUEL CARTER (5800-5889)
- HALL, SIR JAMES (1761-1832)
- HALL, WILLIAM EDWARD (1835-1894)
hall, county buildings, See also:corn See also:exchange, See also:Duncan See also:Institute, cottage See also:hospital, See also:Union See also:Street Hall and the See also:- BELL
- BELL, ALEXANDER MELVILLE (1819—1905)
- BELL, ANDREW (1753—1832)
- BELL, GEORGE JOSEPH (1770-1843)
- BELL, HENRY (1767-1830)
- BELL, HENRY GLASSFORD (1803-1874)
- BELL, JACOB (1810-1859)
- BELL, JOHN (1691-178o)
- BELL, JOHN (1763-1820)
- BELL, JOHN (1797-1869)
- BELL, ROBERT (1800-1867)
- BELL, SIR CHARLES (1774—1842)
Bell-See also:Baxter school. The school, formerly called the See also:Madras See also:Academy, was originally endowed (1832) by Dr Bell, founder of the Madras See also:system of See also:education, but, having been enriched at a later date by a See also:bequest of See also:Sir See also:David Baxter (1873), it was after-wards called the Bell-Baxter school. The Mercat See also:Cross stands at " the Cross " in the See also:main street, where it was set up in 1897, having been removed from Hilltarvit, an See also:eminence in the neighbourhood of Cupar, on the western slope of which, at Garliebank, the truce was signed between See also:Mary of See also:Guise and the lords of the See also:Congregation. In the See also:parish, but at a distance from the town, are the Fife and Kinross See also:asylum and the See also:Adam-son institute, a See also:holiday See also:home for poor See also:children from See also:Leith. The town received its See also:charter in 1356 from David II., and, being situated between See also:Falkland and St Andrews, was constantly visited by Scottish sovereigns, See also:- JAMES
- JAMES (Gr. 'IlrKw,l3or, the Heb. Ya`akob or Jacob)
- JAMES (JAMES FRANCIS EDWARD STUART) (1688-1766)
- JAMES, 2ND EARL OF DOUGLAS AND MAR(c. 1358–1388)
- JAMES, DAVID (1839-1893)
- JAMES, EPISTLE OF
- JAMES, GEORGE PAYNE RAINSFOP
- JAMES, HENRY (1843— )
- JAMES, JOHN ANGELL (1785-1859)
- JAMES, THOMAS (c. 1573–1629)
- JAMES, WILLIAM (1842–1910)
- JAMES, WILLIAM (d. 1827)
James VI. holding his See also:court there for some See also:- TIME (0. Eng. Lima, cf. Icel. timi, Swed. timme, hour, Dan. time; from the root also seen in " tide," properly the time of between the flow and ebb of the sea, cf. O. Eng. getidan, to happen, " even-tide," &c.; it is not directly related to Lat. tempus)
- TIME, MEASUREMENT OF
- TIME, STANDARD
time in 1583. The site of the 12th-See also:century See also:castle, one of the strongholds of the Macduffs, thanes or earls of Fife, is occupied by a public school. On the esplanade in front of See also:Macduff Castle, still called the Playfield, took See also:place in 1552 one of the first recorded performances of Sir David See also:Lind-say's Ane Satyre of the Three Estaits (1540); his Tragedy of the See also:Cardinal (1547), referring to the See also:murder of See also:Beaton, being also performed there. Sir David sat in the Scottish See also:parliament as See also:commissioner for Cupar, his place, the See also:Mount, being within 3 M. north-See also:west of the town. See also:Lord See also:Chancellor See also:- CAMPBELL, ALEXANDER (1788–1866)
- CAMPBELL, BEATRICE STELLA (Mrs PATRICK CAMPBELL) (1865– )
- CAMPBELL, GEORGE (1719–1796)
- CAMPBELL, JOHN
- CAMPBELL, JOHN (1708-1775)
- CAMPBELL, JOHN CAMPBELL, BARON (1779-1861)
- CAMPBELL, JOHN FRANCIS
- CAMPBELL, LEWIS (1830-1908)
- CAMPBELL, REGINALD JOHN (1867— )
- CAMPBELL, THOMAS (1777—1844)
Campbell (1799–1861) was a native of Cupar.
Cupar is an agricultural and legal centre. Its chief See also:industry is the manufacture of See also:linen, and tanning is carried on. At Cupar See also:Muir, 12 m. to the west, there are a See also:sandstone See also:quarry and See also:brick See also:works. The town has also some repute for the quality of its See also:printing, both in See also:black and See also:colour. This was largely due 'to the Tullis See also:press, which produced about the beginning of the 19th century See also:editions of See also:Virgil, See also:Horace and other classical writers, under the recension of See also:Professor See also:John See also:Hunter of St Andrews, which were highly esteemed for the accuracy of their See also:typography. Cupar belongs to the St Andrews See also:district See also:group of burghs for returning one member to parliament, the other constituents being Crail, the two Anstruthers, Kilrenny, Pittenweem and St Andrews.
There are several interesting places within a few See also:miles. To the north-east is the parish of Dairsie, where one of the few parliaments that ever met in Fife assembled in 1335. The castle in which the See also:senate sat was also the See also:residence for a See also:period of
See also:Archbishop Spottiswood, who founded the parish See also:- CHURCH
- CHURCH (according to most authorities derived from the Gr. Kvpcaxov [&wµa], " the Lord's [house]," and common to many Teutonic, Slavonic and other languages under various forms—Scottish kirk, Ger. Kirche, Swed. kirka, Dan. kirke, Russ. tserkov, Buig. cerk
- CHURCH, FREDERICK EDWIN (1826-1900)
- CHURCH, GEORGE EARL (1835–1910)
- CHURCH, RICHARD WILLIAM (1815–189o)
- CHURCH, SIR RICHARD (1784–1873)
church in 1621. Two miles and a See also:half north of Dairsie is situated Kilmany, which was the first See also:charge of See also:- THOMAS
- THOMAS (c. 1654-1720)
- THOMAS (d. 110o)
- THOMAS, ARTHUR GORING (1850-1892)
- THOMAS, CHARLES LOUIS AMBROISE (1811-1896)
- THOMAS, GEORGE (c. 1756-1802)
- THOMAS, GEORGE HENRY (1816-187o)
- THOMAS, ISAIAH (1749-1831)
- THOMAS, PIERRE (1634-1698)
- THOMAS, SIDNEY GILCHRIST (1850-1885)
- THOMAS, ST
- THOMAS, THEODORE (1835-1905)
- THOMAS, WILLIAM (d. 1554)
Thomas See also:Chalmers. He was ordained to it in May 1803 and held it for twelve years. David Hackston, the Covenanter, who was a passive assister at the assassination of Archbishop See also:Sharp, belonged to this parish, his place being named Rathillet. After his See also:execution at See also:Edinburgh (168o) one of his hands was buried at Cupar, where a See also:monument inscription records the circumstances of his See also:death. To the west of Kilmany lies Creich, where See also:Alexander See also:Henderson (1583-1646), the Covenanting divine and diplomatist, and John See also:Sage (1652-1711), the non-juring archbishop of See also:Glasgow, were See also:born. Henderson took a keen See also:interest in education and gave the school at Creich a small endowment. Some 3 in. to the See also:south-west of Cupar is Cults, where Sir David See also:Wilkie, the painter, was born. His See also:father was See also:minister of the parish, and Pitlessie, the See also:fair of which provided the artist with the subject of the first picture in which he showed distinct promise, lies within a mile of the See also:manse. In the sandstone of Dura Den, a See also:ravine on See also:Ceres See also:Burn, 22 m. E. of Cupar, have been found See also:great quantities of fossils of ganoid fishes. The rocks belong to the Upper Old Red Sandstone.
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