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South Street St Andrews

South Street is where you will find St Mary's Quad

and the Gregory meridian. The oldest part of the University

and the town gate (west port). Madras College Blackfriars Chapel ruins, the Town Hall and many other historic sites.

Der Westhafen

Süd-Straße  St Andrews  Schottland

Der Westhafen wurde um 1580 erbaut und ist das einzige Tor in seiner ursprünglichen Position in Schottland. Es scheint nicht Teil einer Stadtmauer zu sein, die im Falle einer Invasion durch die Engländer geschlossen worden wäre. Das Tor wurde 1843 umfassend renoviert.  Ãœber der Mitte des Bogens befindet sich das Wappen von St. Andrews 

St Andrews West Port Looking into the Old Town
St Andrews West Port Looking out of the Old Town

Gavin Douglas 1474 - 1522

Gavin Douglas wurde in Tantallon Castle East Lothian geboren.

Er war der dritte Sohn von Archibald "Bell the Cat" Douglas 5th Earl of Angus. und hatte ein Haus in der Nähe dieser Stelle. Als Student der St. Andrews University war er ein Dichter, der für seinen "Palice of Honour" bekannt war.  und für seine "Eneados" eine Ãœbersetzung von Vergils "Aeneis" ins Schottische. Er war Dekan von St. Giles Edinburgh im Jahr 1501 und Bischof von Dunkeld im Jahr 1515. Gestorben 1522 London an der Pest. Sein Wappen war einmal über der Plakette, siehe unten, wie es aussah.

Gavin Douglas Plaque St Andrews, Famous People

Madras College 

South Street St Andrews

Madras College first opened in 1833 and takes its name from founder the Rev. Dr Andrew Bell and the educational system he devised. 

see his plaque beside Blackfriars Chapel.

Madras College St Andrews

Blackfriars-Kapelle

Blackfriars Chapel St Andrews
Blackfriars Chapel St Andrews

Die Blackfriars Chapel wurde 1525 erbaut und 1547 durch einen Brand beschädigt und 1559 von einem Protestanten während der Reformation zerstört. Das Gebäude in der South Street ist alles, was übrig geblieben ist.

Charles Lapworth Plaque

South Street St Andrews

Charles Lapworth was a teacher at Madras College 1875 – 1881.

A self-taught Geologist was the founder of a new geological time (The Ordovician Period)

He became a Professor of Geology in 1881 at Birmingham University.

Plaque Reads:

CHARLES LAPWORTH, LLD, FRS, 1842-1920

Between 1875 and 1881 Lapworth was a teacher of English at Madras College. In his spare time he studied the Rocks of extinct creatures called Graptolites to help unravel the complexities of these ancient rocks. As a result of his careful studies, he proposed anew division of geological time, The Ordovician Period that is now recognised and used internationally. He also correctly interpreted the Moine Thrust Fault Zone in the North West Highlands of Scotland as amass of older rocks pushed over younger ones, an idea which at the time conflicted with orthodoxy. He left St Andrews in 1881 to become Professor of Geology at the University of Birmingham.

Charles Lapworth Plaque

Dr Andrew Bell Plaque

South Street St Andrews

Dr Bell was born in South Street St Andrews in 1753

he died in 1832. Son of Bailie Bell, Andrew was Founder of the Madras College in 1833 he pioneered

the Madras System of Education. 

Teaching system which went worldwide,

where older children taught younger children.

Plaque reads:

The Reverend Dr Andrew Bell 1753 – 1832

An educational reformer and philanthropist. He was born in

St Andrews. It was while serving in Madras in India that he developed a form of schooling where

the older pupils taught the younger.

When he returned he introduced his “Madras” or monitorial system as an economical form of mass education. The idea spread, Madras Schools appearing in Canada and Australia. Among the other local benefactions was the Bell fund for the benefit of St Andrews. He ended his career as Prebendary of Westminster Abbey. Where he is buried.

Dr Andrew Bell Plaque

Dr. John Adamsons Haus

Dr John Adamson's House St Andrews
Dr Adamson's Birthplace St Andrews

Dr. John Adamson 1809 - 1870 lebte hier 1845 - 1865

Er war Arzt und Pionierfotograf.

1841 auch er das erste Kalotypie-Porträt.

Er lehrte auch seinen Bruder Robert und Thomas Rodger die Technik und Kunst der Fotografie. 

Holy Trinity Church

South Street St Andrews

The Holy Trinity Church originally stood close to St Andrews Cathedral

and was built in 1144.

It has been in its present position in South Street since 1412. 

Originally served by Roman Catholic priests

it changed with the Reformation in 1559

to Protestant and Episcopalian priests.

Since 1689 the ministers have been Presbyterian.

The Tower and two interior arches are the only original parts of the church from 1412 that remain.

1907 the church was demolished and rebuilt to the previous medieval church’s footprint and rededicated on St Andrews Day in 1909.

Holy Trinity Church St Andrews

The Sharp Aisle

The Sharp Aisle, contains the tomb and monument to Archbishop Sharp (1618-1697),

Sharpe was murdered by Covenanters at Magus Muir 1697.

 

The Great East Window

Dated from 1910

 

The Good Physician

Dated from 1890 is the only surviving window prior to the reconstruction of the church in 1909.

 

John Knox Porch

In 1547 Holy Trinity was the scene of the first public sermon

of the famous reformer, John Knox.

 He also preached in Holy Trinity in 1559, instructing residents of St Andrews to purge the city of "monuments of idolatry". Inspired by Knox's the local population rejected Catholicism, tore down statues and altars, and sacked St Andrews Cathedral.

Holy Trinity Church Archbishop Sharp Monument St Andrews
Holy Trinity Aisle and stai glass window
Holy Trinity John Knox Pulpit
St Andrews Town Hall Plaque

Rathaus von St. Andrews

Queens Gardens

St Andrews

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Schottland 

St Andrews Town Hall St Andrews Scotland
St Andrews Town Hall Polish Mosaic Memorial

St Andrews Town Hall, das 1858 für kommunale und öffentliche Zwecke errichtet wurde

Sir Hugh Playfair Provost.

Polnisches Soldatendenkmal St. Andrews

Robert Burns Club Plaque

South Street St Andrews

St Andrews Burns Club Plaque

Can be found on what was the Royal Hotel where the club was founded

on 25th January 1869.

13 in the Robert Burns World Federation

Robert Burns Club St Andrews
Robert Burns Club Plaque
Blackfriars Chapel Royal Hotel Madras College. map

Hamish McHamish-Statue

Logies Lane

St Andrews

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Schottland

Hamish the Cat St Andrews

Hamish McHamish war eine rotbraune Katze (im Alter von 15 Jahren), die in St. Andrews, Schottland, lebte.

Er wurde zum internationalen Star, als ein Buch mit dem Titel Hamish McHamish of St Andrews: Cool Cat About Town veröffentlicht wurde. Hamish ist ein Social-Media-Star mit seiner eigenen Facebook-Seite https://www.facebook.com/HamishMcHamishOfStAndrews und seinem Twitter-Account @Hamish_McHamish. Eine nomadische Katze, die von vielen Bewohnern von St. Andrews gepflegt wurde. Einst im Besitz von Marianne Baird.

Bailie Bell's House and Foundry

South Street St Andrews

Bailie Bell's House and Foundry Plaque

In 1620 Edward Raban came to

St Andrews and set up a printing press in a building on the corner of North Street and Church Street.

This was later demolished by Bailie Bell in 1740 so he could build his house. This house is where his son was born in 1753 (Andrew).  Andrew was to found Madras College and the "monitorial system" of education.

Bailie Bell's House and Foundry

Royal Coat of Arms Tablet

South Street St Andrews

 Royal Coat of Arms of St Andrews

George Martine von Claremont

George Martine von Claremont 1635 -1712

Lebte in der South Street Er war ein Anwaltskommissar von St. Andrews und Autor der Ersten Geschichte des Erzbistums: - "Reliquiae Divi Andreae"

George Martine of Claremont St Andrews

George Martine FRS 1700 - 1741

George war Arzt, Chirurg und Geologe, der später in der 56 South Street lebte. Er war der erste, der Wärme und Temperaturskalen sorgfältig untersuchte, und machte die erste Schätzung -400F der absoluten Nulltemperatur,  Er stellte das erste nützliche Quecksilber in einem Fieberthermometer aus Glas her. Hier führte er 1730 die erste Tracheotomie in Großbritannien durch

James David Forbes House 

South Street St Andrews

James David Forbes was born in Edinburgh 20 April 1809

at 86 George Street.

He was educated at Edinburgh University in 1825.  At 19, became a fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh, and in 1832

he was elected to the

Royal Society of London.

In 1859 he was appointed successor to David Brewster as principal of the United College of St Andrews, which he held until his death in 1868. It could be said he was first to study the heating of the earth.  

James David Forbes House St Andrews
James David Forbes Plaque St Andrews

James Boswell und Samuel Johnson

Dies ist der Standort des Glass Inn 29 South Street, wo Boswell und Dr. Johnson am 18. August 1773 zu Abend aßen.

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Wir hatten eine triste Fahrt in einer dunklen Nacht nach St Andrews, wo wir spät ankamen. Wir fanden ein gutes Abendessen im Glass's Inn.

Das Glass Inn überlebte um 1830

Glass's Inn Boswell and Samuels Visit

St Andrews

Sehenswürdigkeiten

  

Kirche der Heiligen Dreifaltigkeit

St Mary's Places

St Andrews

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Schottland

 

Tom Morris Grab

Die Anhänge

St Andrews

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Bell Pettigrew Museum

Bute medizinische Gebäude

Fakultät für Biologie

Terrasse der Königin

St Andrews

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Darnleys Gin

Brennerei-Tour

East Newhall Farm

Königsscheune

St Andrews

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Schottland

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Pfarrkirche Kingsbarns

Hauptstraße

Königsscheune

St Andrews

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Schottland

 

St. Andrews Pier

St Andrews

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John Gillespie Sundial St Andrews

James Gregorys

Meridianlinie

Süd-Straße  St Andrews  Schottland James Gregory war der erste Regius-Professor für Mathematik.

Er legte 1748 einen Meridian. Er und zwei andere waren die Begründer der Infinitesimalrechnung.

Er erfand das gregorianische Teleskop Um mehr über Gregorys Arbeit zu erfahren, gehen Sie zu

https://mathshistory.st-andrews.ac.uk/

Gregory's Meridian Line Plaque St Andrews
Gregory's Meridian Line St Andrews
Gregory's Meridian Line St Andrews
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