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Parish of St Andrews
The Cathedral church which was founded by bishop Arnold after his consecration in 1159 was completed by bishop Lamberton and consecrated in 1313 on which a large proportion of the wealth of the diocese had been expended under eleven successive bishops and which from the time of its completion had stood 240 years was destroyed by a mob in June 1559 during the early progress of the reformation in consequence of a sermon preached by John Knox against idolatry. This magnificent structure of which so little now remains was a cross church apparently partly in the Norman and partly in the early English Style of the pointed order of architecture and consisted of a nave and choir with lateral aisles a lady's chapel and north and south transepts. Its extreme length within the walls was 356 feet. The length of the nave is 200 feet and its breadth including the aisles 62 feet the choir in 98 feet in length and the Lady's Chapel at the extreme end is 33 feet in length. The transepts which had a lateral on the east side are 160 feet in length from north to south. All that now remains of this building is part of the west front, the eastern gable, the wall of the south aisle of the nave and of the west side of the south transept and the basements of a few of the pillars which divided the nave and the choir from the aisles and supported the wall which contained the upper row of windows and on which rested the roof of the nave and choir. The original design of this church was in the Norman Style having windows with round arches, but as the building proceeded the plan had been changed and the more recent portions towards the west front are in the early English Style. The west front must have had a grand and imposing [continues]
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Ordnance Survey - Fife and Kinross counties, OS Name Books - Fife and Kinross county - Volume 102 - Parish of St Andrews and St Leonards, OS1/13/102
This volume contains information on the place names found in the parish of St Andrews and St Leonards.
Ordnance Survey - Fife and Kinross counties
Ordnance Survey was established in the 18th century to create maps, surveys and associated records for the entirety of Great Britain. These records are arranged by county. This entry has been created to enable searching for Ordnance Survey records for the counties of Fife in the east of Scotland and Kinross in central Scotland. The boundaries of these counties were altered by the Boundary Commissioners in 1891.
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