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.

Il porto occidentale

South Street St Andrews Scozia

Il West Port fu costruito intorno al 1580 ed è l'unico cancello nella sua posizione originale rimasto in Scozia. Non sembra far parte di una cinta muraria che sarebbe stata chiusa in caso di invasione da parte degli inglesi, la porta fu ampiamente ristrutturata nel 1843. Sopra il centro dell'arco c'è lo stemma di 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 è nato nel castello di Tantallon East Lothian.

Era il terzo figlio di Archibald "Bell the Cat" Douglas, quinto conte di Angus. e aveva una casa vicino a questo posto. Studente della St Andrews University, fu un poeta noto per la sua "Palice d'Onore" e per il suo "Eneados" una traduzione in scozzese dell'"Eneide" di Virgilio. Fu Decano di St Giles Edinburgh nel 1501 Vescovo di Dunkeld nel 1515. Morì nel 1522 a Londra della Peste. Il suo stemma una volta era sopra la targa, vedi sotto come appariva.

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.

Cappella dei Frati Neri

La Cappella dei Frati Neri fu costruita nel 1525 e danneggiata da un incendio nel 1547 e distrutta nel 1559 da un protestante durante la Riforma. La struttura su South Street è tutto ciò che rimane.

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.

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.

La casa del dottor John Adamson

Il dottor John Adamson 1809 - 1870 visse qui 1845 - 1865

Era un medico e fotografo pioniere.

Nel 1841 realizza anche il primo ritratto calotipico.

Ha anche insegnato a suo fratello Robert e Thomas Rodger la tecnica e l'arte della fotografia.

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.

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

Municipio di St Andrews

Queens Gardens

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St Andrews Town Hall St Andrews Scotland

St Andrews Town Hall Polish Mosaic Memorial

Municipio di St Andrews eretto nel 1858 per scopi comunali e pubblici

Sir Hugh Playfair Prevosto.

Memoriale del soldato polacco St Andrews

St Mary's Quad

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

Blackfriars Chapel Royal Hotel Madras College. map

Statua di Hamish McHamish

Logies Lane

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Hamish McHamish era un gatto rosso (15 anni) che viveva a St Andrews in Scozia.

È diventato una star internazionale quando è stato pubblicato un libro intitolato Hamish McHamish di St Andrews: Cool Cat About Town. Hamish è una star dei social media con la sua pagina Facebook https://www.facebook.com/HamishMcHamishOfStAndrews e l'account Twitter @Hamish_McHamish. Un gatto nomade che è stato accudito da molti dei residenti di St Andrews. Un tempo di proprietà di Marianne Baird.

Bailie Bell's House and Foundry

South Street St Andrews

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.

Royal Coat of Arms Tablet

South Street St Andrews

Giorgio Martina di Claremont

Giorgio Martina di Claremont 1635 -1712

Viveva in South Street Era un impiegato avvocato commissario di St Andrews e autore della prima storia dell'Arcivescovado:- "Reliquiae Divi Andreae"

George Martine FRS 1700 - 1741

George era un medico, chirurgo e geologo, che in seguito visse al 56 di South Street. Fu il primo a fare uno studio accurato del calore e delle scale di temperatura, e fece la Prima stima -400F, della temperatura dello zero assoluto, Ha realizzato il primo termometro clinico a mercurio utile in vetro. Qui nel 1730 eseguì la prima tracheotomia in Gran Bretagna

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.