Cupar: The History of a Small Scottish Town

by Paula Martin and Paula Martin

Cupar was created a royal burgh in 1328, though its name is Pictish, suggesting that there had been an important settlement there since the 7th or 8th century if not earlier. Until the 16th century it 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 town...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1912476738
• ISBN13: 9781912476732
• Release Date: November 2024
• Publisher: Origin
• Length: 288 Pages