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These other entries in our collection of descriptive gazetteers are also about Cupar. You may be able to find further references to Cupar in the descriptive gazetteers by doing a full-text search here.
Place | Type of entry | Source |
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Cupar | the north-western of the four divisions of Fife | Groome |
Cupar or Cupar-Fife | a town and a parish of central Fife. A royal and parliamentary burgh | Groome |
This additional information from our descriptive gazetteers is for locations within the parish or parishes associated with Cupar.
Place | Type of entry | Source |
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Bellfield | an estate, with a mansion | Groome |
Bellfield | seat | Bartholomew |
Brighton | village | Bartholomew |
Brighton | a village, with a public school | Groome |
Cairnie | an estate, with a mansion | Groome |
Carslogie | estate with mansion | Bartholomew |
Carslogie | an estate, with an ancient mansion | Groome |
Cuparmuir | a village | Groome |
Ferrybank | an estate, with a mansion | Groome |
Foxton | an estate, with a mansion | Groome |
Gladney or Glaidney | a village | Groome |
Kilmaron | Castle | Groome |
Kilmaron Castle | seat | Bartholomew |
Pitbladdo | an estate, with a mansion | Groome |
Pitbladdo | seat | Bartholomew |
Prestonhall | seat | Bartholomew |
Prestonhall | a mansion | Groome |
Springfield | village with railway station | Bartholomew |
Tarvit House | seat | Bartholomew |
Wemyss Hall | a mansion | Groome |
Wemyss Hall | seat | Bartholomew |
This website includes the complete texts of books describing journeys around Britain, written between the twelfth and nineteenth centuries. Selecting one of the links below will take you to the first reference to Cupar within the selected text. This will not always be a description of a visit: travellers often mention places other than where they are, for example as a basis for comparison.
Traveller | Section | No. of Refs. |
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Daniel Defoe | Letter 13, Part 1: Fife and Perth | 3 |
James Boswell | August 18th to 20th, 1773: From Edinburgh to Montrose | 1 |
William Camden | Scotland: North of the Antonine Wall | 1 |
Robert Gammage | Touring central Scotland | 1 |
Samuel Johnson | Inch Keith and St. Andrews | 1 |
Samuel Johnson | Arbroath and Montrose | 1 |
John Wesley | 1763-4: In Scotland Again; Methodist's Wealth; "No Law for Methodists"; Exhausting Days | 1 |
This website includes two large libraries, of historical travel writing and of entries from nineteenth century gazetteers describing places. We have text from these sources available for these places near your location:
Place | Mentioned in Travel Writing | Mentioned in Hist. Gazetteer |
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Balgarvie | 0 | 2 |
Scotstarvit | 0 | 2 |
Springfield | 0 | 2 |
Ceres | 0 | 2 |
Kemback | 0 | 2 |
Moonzie | 0 | 2 |
Pitscottie | 0 | 2 |
Blebo | 0 | 2 |
Dairsie | 0 | 2 |
Cults | 0 | 2 |
Pitlessie | 0 | 1 |
Logie | 0 | 3 |
Monimail | 0 | 2 |
Kilmany | 0 | 2 |
Creich | 0 | 2 |
Ladybank | 0 | 2 |
Guard Bridge | 0 | 2 |
Collessie | 0 | 2 |
Kettle | 0 | 2 |
Dunbog | 0 | 2 |