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UK: Birlinn, 2006. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. H/B 274pp.The royal burgh of Cupar was created by 1326, though there had been an important settlement there since at least the 7 th or 8th century, if not earlier. Until the 16th century, Cupar was among the richest royal burghs in Scotland, but declined in the 17th century, its trade handicapped by its distance from the sea. It flourished once again as a centre of the linen industry in the 18th century. As the county town of Fife, and a place which serviced travellers on their way from Edinburgh to Dundee and Aberdeen, Cupar became a 'leisure town', attracting well-off retired people and country gentry to its balls, horse races, theatre and library, as well as the services offered by banks, lawyers, doctors and brothels. But by the mid- 19th century, the railway carried travellers through without stopping, industrial development shifted to west Fife, and St Andrews took over as the cultural centre of east Fife. This…
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- Title Cupar: A History
- Author Paula Martin
- Binding Hardcover
- Edition 1st Edition
- Pages 304
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Birlinn Publishers, UK
- Date 2006
- ISBN 9781841584102 / 184158410X
- Dewey Decimal Code 941.2
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