Cupar Muir or Cuparmuir is a hamlet or small village situated just outside the town of Cupar, Fife. Lying around 25.5 miles (41 km) north of Edinburgh, it had a population of around 229 in 2011.[1]
The settlement was primarily developed around quarrying of stone, but is better known for a 1559 confrontation between the French troops of Mary of Guise and the Protestant forces of the Lords of the Congregation.[2][3]
^"Home | Scotland's Census". Scotland's Census. 2011. Retrieved 11 June 2022. Table KS101SC - Usual resident population 2011 using results from 2011OutputAreas S00111501 & S00111502.
^Jane E. A Dawson, 'Regent Moray and John Knox', Steven J. Reid, Rethinking the Renaissance and Reformation in Scotland (Boydell, 2014), 166.
^"Cupar Muir: Overview of Cupar Muir". Gazetteer for Scotland. Retrieved 11 June 2022.
CuparMuir or Cuparmuir is a hamlet or small village situated just outside the town of Cupar, Fife. Lying around 25.5 miles (41 km) north of Edinburgh...
and negotiate when another reformed contingent arrived from the west at CuparMuir. Among the Regent's ambassadors were the Earl of Argyll and Lord James...
to 1975 the old Fife County Council had been based at County Buildings, Cupar. Fife House passed to the new Fife Council on local government reorganisation...
Crossgates Crosshill Culross, Culross Palace Cult Hill Cupar, Cupar railway station CuparMuir Dairsie Dalgety Bay Dogton Stone Dollytown Donibristle...
Andrews to restore control, but it was halted by superior numbers at CuparMuir and forced to retreat. Edinburgh fell to the Lords in July, and Mary moved...
it and tucked it discretely into the pocket of her gown. In June, at CuparMuir, in Fife, the Lords fielded enough military strength to face off a French...
took his Leith followers to face the French troops of Henri Cleutin at CuparMuir. Later, he advised against resistance at Leith by the Protestant Lords...
gives a good account of a stand-off in 1559 across the river Eden, at CuparMuir in Fife, between the Protestant Lords and d'Oisel and Châtelherault in...
John, laird of Ormiston took his followers to face the French troops at CuparMuir in June 1559. On 31 October 1559 he was involved in a major setback for...
Cupar railway station is a railway station that serves the town of Cupar in Fife, Scotland. The station has two platforms, of which the southbound one...
Muir of Ord railway station is a railway station on the Kyle of Lochalsh Line and the Far North Line, serving the village of Muir of Ord in the Highland...
Ayrshire Hugh Montgomery - Glasgow merchant Sir Archibald Muir of Thornton - Commissioner for Cupar William Paterson - London banker James Pringle of Torwoodlee...
Inverness, and it is the first intermediate station on the line, before reaching Muir of Ord. ScotRail, who manage the station, operate all services. The Inverness...
Castle, before crossing into Fife where he took charge of the assault on Cupar Castle. After his death in 1316, Wishart's body was entombed between the...
family ran the village shop. Rennie went to Bell Baxter High School in Cupar, Fife, before going to Paisley College of Technology, where he graduated...
It is roughly 4+1⁄2 miles (7 km) southwest of the nearest large town, Cupar, and 23 miles (37 kilometres) north of Edinburgh. It had an estimated population...
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