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North Street St Andrews
North Street St Andrews is a main thoroughfare of St Andrews and is where you can find many attractions including St Salvator's Chapel and Tower.
Also were James Gregory mathematically established a meridian line prior to Greenwich, where the worlds time lines are calculated from (GMT).
St Andrews Heritage Museum
North Street St Andrews
St Andrews Heritage Museum and Garden located 12 North Street in a 17th century house and garden. The Museum and Garden is one of the oldest houses in the old town of St Andrews. The museum is all about St Andrews the people and their lives from the 1700s Our Garden is a hidden gem and, as well as a sensory garden and a variety of plants, visitors can enjoy exhibitions and installations throughout. Our dedicated an enthusiastic museum guides look forward to meeting you and sharing the rich heritage of St Andrews and its people.
College Gate
North Street St Andrews
Younger Hall St Andrews
Younger Hall is the main venue for
St Andrews University graduation ceremonies. James and Annie Younger, local philanthropists donated funds for the building which was opened in 1929 by
HM Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother
Fitzroy Barometer
North Street St Andrews
Admiral Robert Fitzroy
(5 July 1805 – 30 April 1865)
Admiral Fitzroy was a famous meteorologist who made accurate weather forecasting a reality.
He was Governor of New Zealand
in 1843 till 1845. He was also the captain of HMS Beagle and invited Charles Darwin to be a scientific passenger on the voyage which lasted 5 years.
This was to give Darwin his inspiration for
The Theory of Evolution.
Benjamin Franklin Plaque
North Street St Andrews
Honours bestowed upon Benjamin Franklin by St Andrews Scotland.
The Plaque reads;
"Benjamin Franklin.
In 1759 the University of St. Andrews awarded
an honorary doctor of laws degree to
Benjamin Franklin and the city of
St. Andrews granted him
the freedom of the Burgh.
This marker commemorates the
conferring of these honours.
Marked places by the National Society
Daughters of the American Revolution
October 2002"
James Crichton lived Here
North Street St Andrews
James Crichton
19 August 1560 – 3 July 1582
James Crichton was a most gifted individual, educated at St Andrews University completing the requirements for both his bachelor's and master's degrees by the age of 14. He became fluent in multiple languages and was accomplished in many of the arts and a master swordsman.
His tutor was the scholar, politician and poet George Buchanan
James was a gifted prodigy, with a gift of perfect recall.
He travelled to France then Italy where he eventually met his death by Vincenzo Gonzaga the son of the Duke of Mantua whom James was employed. At the age of 21. Known as "The Admirable Crichton" referred to by Charles Dickens. Many books have been written about him as he was admired by many. He has a society named after him, at St Andrews University
The James Crichton Society.
Józef Kosacki Plaque
North Street St Andrews
Józef Stanislaw Kosacki
(21 April 1909–26 April 1990) was
a Polish professor, engineer, inventor, and an officer in the Polish Army
during World War II, stationed in
St Andrews Scotland.
He the invented the Polish Mine Detector. The Ardgowan Hotel was the HQ of the Polish army during the war.
