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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.

Vesthavnen

South Street  St Andrews  Skottland

West Port ble bygget rundt 1580 og er den eneste porten i sin opprinnelige posisjon igjen i Skottland. Det ser ikke ut til Ã¥ være en del av en bymur som ville blitt stengt i tilfelle invasjon av engelskmennene. Porten ble omfattende pusset opp i 1843.  Over midten av buen er St Andrews Coat of Arms 

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 ble født i Tantallon Castle East Lothian.

Han var tredje sønn av Archibald "Bell the Cat" Douglas 5. jarl av Angus. og hadde et hus i nærheten av dette stedet. En student ved St Andrews University, han var en poet kjent for sitt "Palice of Honour"  og for hans "Eneados" en oversettelse av Virgils "Aeneid" til skotsk. Han var dekan for St. Giles Edinburgh i 1501 biskopen av Dunkeld i 1515. Døde 1522 London av pesten. VÃ¥penskjoldet hans var en gang over plaketten, se nedenfor hvordan det sÃ¥ ut.

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 kapell

Blackfriars Chapel St Andrews
Blackfriars Chapel St Andrews

Blackfriars Chapel ble bygget i 1525 og skadet av brann i 1547 og ødelagt i 1559 av en protestant under reformasjonen. Strukturen på South Street er alt som gjenstår.

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 hus

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

Dr John Adamson 1809 - 1870 bodde her 1845 - 1865

Han var lege og pionerfotograf.

I 1841 også han det første kalotypeportrettet.

Han lærte ogsÃ¥ broren Robert og Thomas Rodger teknikken og kunsten Ã¥ fotografere. 

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

St Andrews rådhus

Queens Gardens

St Andrews

KY16 9TA

Skottland 

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

St Andrews rådhus reist i 1858 for kommunale og offentlige formål

Sir Hugh Playfair Provost.

Den polske soldaten St Andrews-minnesmerket

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-statuen

Logies Lane

St Andrews

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Skottland

Hamish the Cat St Andrews

Hamish McHamish var en ingefærkatt (15 år gammel) som bodde i St Andrews Skottland.

Han ble en internasjonal stjerne da en bok med tittelen Hamish McHamish of St Andrews: Cool Cat About Town ble publisert. Hamish en stjerne i sosiale medier med sin egen Facebook-side https://www.facebook.com/HamishMcHamishOfStAndrews og Twitter-konto @Hamish_McHamish. En nomadekatt som ble tatt vare på av mange av innbyggerne i St. Andrews. En gang eid av 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 fra Claremont

George Martine av Claremont 1635 -1712

Bodde i South Street Han var en advokatkommissær i St. Andrews og forfatter av Erkebiskopsrådets første historie: "Reliquiae Divi Andreae"

George Martine of Claremont St Andrews

George Martine FRS 1700 - 1741

George var en lege, kirurg og geolog, som senere bodde pÃ¥ 56 South Street. Han var den første som gjorde en nøye undersøkelse av varme og temperaturskalaer, og gjorde det første anslaget -400F, av den absolutte nulltemperaturen,  Han laget det første nyttige kvikksølv i glass klinisk termometer. Her var i 1730 han utførte den første trakeotomien i Storbritannia

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 og Samuel Johnson

Dette er stedet for Glass Inn 29 South Street hvor Boswell og Dr. Johnson spiste kveldsmat den 18. august 1773.

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Vi hadde en trist kjøretur i en mørk natt til St Andrews hvor vi ankom sent. Vi fant en god kveldsmat på Glass's Inn.

The Glass Inn overlevde rundt 1830

Glass's Inn Boswell and Samuels Visit

St. Andrews

Attraksjoner

 

St. Andrews katedral

The Pends

St. Andrews

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Skottland

 

St. Andrews Castle

Poengene

St. Andrews

KY16 9AR

Skottland

 

Holy Trinity Church

St Mary's Places

St. Andrews

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Skottland

 

Vesthavnen

South Street

St. Andrews

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Skottland

 

Hamish McHamish -statuen

Logies Lane

St. Andrews

KY16 9NL

Skottland

 

 

Blackfriars kapell

Madras hus

South Street

St. Andrews

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Skottland

 

Biskop Wardlaw -statuen

St. Marias firkant

St. Andrews

Skottland

 

Kingsbarns sognekirke

Hovedgate

Kingsbarns

St. Andrews

KY16 8SS

Skottland

 

St. Andrews rådhus

Queens Gardens

St. Andrews

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Skottland  

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Tom Morris Grave

The Pends

St. Andrews

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St Rules Tower

St. Andrews

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Bell Pettigrew -museet

Bute medisinske bygninger

Biologisk skole

Dronningens terrasse

St. Andrews

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John Gillespie Sundial St Andrews

James Gregorys

Meridianlinjen

South Street  St Andrews  Skottland James Gregory var første regius professor i matematikk.

Han la en meridian i 1748. Han og to andre var grunnleggerne av kalkulus.

Han oppfant det gregorianske teleskopet For en mer dyptgående titt på Gregorys arbeid gå til

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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