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| List of names as written | Various modes of spelling | Authorities for spelling | Situation | Description remarks |
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| Site of EAST PORT | East Port (site of) | Thomas Shaw Esqr. Cupar John Howie Cupar |
[situation] At the West end of St. Catherine Street. The site of a gate which formerly crossed the end of St Catherine Street near or at its junction with Cross St. in the Town of Cupar. It was a part of the fortifications by which the town was formerly Surrounded. it was constructed as a means of in - and - egress; to the Town. its site only now remains. |
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| Site of BRIDGE PORT | Bridge Port Bridge Port |
Thomas Shaw Esqr. Cupar John Howie Cupar |
[situation] On the south Bridge, at the East end of South Bridge Street. The Site of a Port or entrance Across the river Eden, and leading into the town of Cupar. It [consisted] of two gates situated at the extreme ends of the South Bridge both gates being Situated at both sides of the water and were a part of the fortifications by which the Town was Surrounded having been constructed as a means of in - and egress to the Town. |
Continued entries/extra info
30) Parish of Cupar Sheet No 5 Trace No 7
[Note - East Port (site of)] German Text on plan omo [Ordnance Map Office]
[Note - East Port (site of)] Not written on six inch plan in consequence of too little space
[Note - Bridge Port] German Text on plan o,m,o [Ordnance Map Office]
Ordnance Survey - Fife and Kinross counties, OS Name Books - Fife and Kinross county - Volume 113 - Parish of Cupar, OS1/13/113
This volume contains information on the place names found in the parish of Cupar.
Ordnance Survey - Fife and Kinross counties
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