St. Andrews & St. Leonards Parish Records
- St Andrews Parish Church (Holy Trinity)
St Andrews once existed as the ecclesiastical capital of
Scotland and there is though to have been a religious community here
since around 732AD, when relics of St Andrew were brought to the area,
which was known in ancient times as Kilrimont. By 1144 St Andrews had
established its place in the Scottish Church when a community of
Augustinian Canons was set up here, and additionally in early times,
around the beginning of the 12th century, there was a parish church
built in St Andrews, which was dedicated to the Holy Trinity and which
belonged to the Priory of St Andrews. The parish church was extensively
restored in 1798 and again in the early years of the 20th century. A
second charge was founded for the parish of St Andrews in 1589 and
between the years of 1593-1620 a third charge was also maintained. The
General Assembly, during the early years of the reformed church, held
sessions on several occasions at St Andrews, the first of these, in
1572, coincided with the time during which John Knox was resident in
the cathedral city. The Kirk Session of St Andrews Holy Trinity, the
two charges of which were united in 1978, sits within the Presbytery of
St Andrews.
St Leonard's originated in a hospital, dedicated to St
Leonard, for pilgrims visiting St Andrews founded c1140. In 1512 St
Leonard's Hospital was converted into a college of St Andrews
University. From the Reformation until 1824, the Principal of St
Leonard's College was also minister of the parish. The church was
ruinous in 1759, and the congregation thereafter worshipped in St
Salvator's Chapel, but a new parish church was dedicated in 1904. In
1975 the congregation was linked with Cameron with Largoward, but the
link with Largoward was terminated in 1983. The designation is
currently Cameron linked with St Andrews: St Leonard's. The charge is
within the Presbytery of St Andrews, and was in the Synod of Fife until
synods were dissolved in 1993.
- St Andrews Hope Park (burgher, United Presbyterian, United
Free and Church of Scotland)
Hope Park originates in a burgher church in St Andrews
founded in 1749, although there had been seceding worship in the town
for some years before. The first minister was ordained in 1752, but
there was not regular ministry thereafter in the remainder of the 18th
century. A new church in North Street was opened in 1826, and because
the congregation increased another new church was opened in 1865. On
the union of the United Presbyterian Church and the Free Church of
Scotland in 1900, the congregation became a United Free Church charge,
under the designation St Andrews: Hope Park. This name was maintained
through the union of the United Free Church and the Church of Scotland
in 1929.
- St Andrews Martyrs Free Kirk Session (United Free and
Church of Scotland)
A Free Church congregation at St Andrews was established
immediately after the Disruption in 1843. At latest on the union of the
Free Church of Scotland the United Presbyterian Church in 1900, the
charge became St Andrews: Martyrs, in the United Free Church of
Scotland, within the Presbytery of St Andrews and Synod of Fife. On the
union of the United Free Church and the Church of Scotland in 1929, the
charge's designation remained as it was. In 1993 it was linked with
Boarhills and Dunino. Jurisdiction: Presbytery of St Andrews
- St Andrews Congregational Church:
The evangelical activities of the Haldane brothers provoked
a growth in non-conformity. An independent or congregational society
was functioning in St Andrews with its own minister by 1805 and shortly
therafter with a chapel at 101 Market Street. From 1839 the building
was also used by a Baptist group who moved in 1843 to their own
building on South Street. In 1853 the Congregationalists acquired a new
chapel in South Bell Steet, a well-designed gothic building by Jesse
Hall of St Andrews, which continued in use until the society was
disbanded in 1966.
- St Andrews Episcopal Church:
There was a persistent adherence to the Episcopal order
within St Andrews after 1690. However, the association with Jacobitism
meant that there were restrictions imposed on Episcopal worship until
1792. It was not until 1825 that the St Andrews Episcopalians were able
to build a small chapel in North Street, designed by William Burn and
embellished in 1853 with and ornate gothic front by Gilbert Scott. In
1867-1869 this church was superseded by a larger building, also called
St Andrew's Church at the foot of Queen Street. This was a dignified
neo-gothic design by R Rowand Anderson of Edinburgh, often described as
a cathedral in its early days and intended to have a lofty tower and
spire. The tower was added in 1892 but was demolished as structurally
unsafe in 1938. Associated with the congregation was a fishermen's
mission (All Saints, St Andrews), in North Castle Street. The
congregation remains the largest in the diocese of St Andrews, Dunkeld
and Dunblane of the Scottish Episcopal Church. It is run by a Rector ,
currently assisted by a Curate and various honorary clergy. Source:
R.G. Cant, 'Public Buildings of St Andrews, 1790-1914, Churches,
Schools and Hospitals', in Three Decades of Historical Notes, (St
Andrews, 1991), p. 121.
- Strathkinness Church of Scotland
The parish of Strathkinness was established in 1860 when it
was disjoined from that of St Andrews and erected quoad sacra. In 1935,
following the 1929 union of the Church of Scotland and the United Free
Church, Strathkinness parish church was joined by the former United
Free church congregation of Strathkinness. After the union the former
United Free church, which had previously existed as a preaching
station, was sold and a link was later established in 1980 with Dairsie
with Kemback. The kirk session sits within the Presbytery of St Andrews.
- Strathkinness United Free Church
Following the union of the United Presbyterian Church and
the Free Church of Scotland in 1900, the former Free Church charge of
Strathkinness was accordingly termed Strathkinness United Free Church,
and in 1908 was reduced to a preaching station. Following the 1929
union of the Church of Scotland and the United Free Church,
Strathkinness United Free joined with the parish church congregation of
Strathkinness, and the former United Free church was later sold.
- Strathkinness Associate Session (later Free and United Free)
There was a Relief congregation at Strathkinness from
c1801-1816, though not continuously in existence. In 1818, the Original
Burgher Presbytery of Perth and Dunfermline prepared for a church at
Strathkinness, but it was only in 1823 when that congregation was
organised. In 1827 Mr Ralph Robb, an Original Burgher preacher, was
ordained as first minister of the charge and in 1839 he, along with his
congregation, joined the Church of Scotland. At the Disruption in 1843,
however, Mr Robb left the session, which then became the Strathkinness
Free Church. At the 1900 union of the United Free Church and the United
Presbyterians, the charge was accordingly termed Strathkinness United
Free Church, and in 1908 was reduced to a preaching station. Following
the 1929 union of the Church of Scotland and the United Free Church,
Strathkinness United Free joined with the parish church congregation of
Strathkinness, and the former United Free church was later sold.
When the church of Boarhills was erected in 1865 it is
believed that
the remains of an ancient chapel of Boarhills, dating back to the ninth
or tenth cent, were found. Prior to the erection of the church in 1865
worship within the district was conducted within Boarhills school from
1840 and it wasn't until the year 1903 that the parish of Boarhills was
disjoined from St Andrews and St Leonards and erected as a parish quoad
sacra. Boarhills established a link in 1965 with Dunino and a further
link followed in 1993 with St Andrews Martyr's. The link with St
Andrews Martyr's continued following the union of Boarhills and Dunino
in 1994, under the name of Boarhills and Dunino. The kirk session sits
within the Presbytery of St Andrews.
At the Special
Collections Dept. of St Andrews University Library, with digital copies of the earlier volumes at the National Archives of Scotland, Edinburgh:
- CH2/316
St Andrews Kirk Session
Minutes, 1559-1600, 1715-1739 and 1758-1902; Proclamation register,
1855-1899; Rentals 1771-1840; Transcripts of extracts from records,
1638 and 1725. See also Old
Parochial Registers below.
The Kirk Session Register 1559-1600 was
transcribed and published in 1889. It is available online at the Open
Library.
- B65
St Andrews Burgh records
List of seat rents in town church, 1833-1907.
- CH2/1561
St Leonard's Church
Registers (ie minutes), 1663-1689, 1691-1692, 1696-1705, 1712-1980;
Register (discipline cases), 1905-1925; Account of collections and
disbursements, 1692-1812; Proclamations of marriage, 1709-1713,
1720-1728, 1740-1791, 1855-1967; Contracts of marriage, 1767-1791;
Register of baptisms, 1709-1713, 1720-1728, 1740-1791, 1855-1865,
1880-1958; Communion rolls, 1846-1863, 1881-1960; Accounts, 1740-1827,
1845-1882; Church door collections, 1846-1923; Special fund accounts,
1889-1900; Account book of receipts and payments for Blantyre mission,
1892-1898; Account book in connection with erection of new parish
church, 1902-1906; Property register, 1908-1953.
- CH2/1547
Strathkinness Kirk Session
Minutes, 1860-1979; Trustee's minutes, 1860-1939; Proclamations,
1875-1961; Cash book, 1863-1942; Communion roll, 1891-1910; Cash book,
1935-1948.
- CH2/1541
Boarhills Kirk Session
Minutes, 1867-1994;
Manager's minutes, 1903-1966; Communion roll, 1903-1994; Proclamation
register, 1903-1976; Banns, 1903-1919; Certificates of transference.
At the Special
Collections Dept. of St Andrews University Library:
- ms30326-30344
St Andrews Congregational Church
- ms30326-30333 Minutes of meetings of deacons and
congregation, 1896-1966 (8 volumes)
- ms30334-30335 Rolls of members, 1822-1946, with
communion attendances, 1917-1946 (2 volumes)
- ms30336 Church meeting attendances, c1951-1953
- ms30337-30338 Cash books, 1906-1964 (2 volumes)
- ms30339-30340 Free will registers, 1948-1965 (2 volumes)
- ms30341 Minutes of Sunday School, 1846-1869 and
1930-1931 with miscellaneous Sunday School accounts, 1847-1918
- ms30342 Minutes of womens' work party, 1937-1945
- ms30343 Accounts of womens' work party, 1943-1966
- ms30344 Miscellaneous papers relating to the
congregation, 1882-1966 (2 files, 3 plaques).
- msdep47
St Andrew's Episcopal Church
Register material includes: fragmentary baptisms, 1722-1740, 1748-1787;
baptisms, marriages and burials 1823-1861, 1860-1915; services
1863-1894, 1905-1976.
Minute books include those of vestry committee including relating to
new church building, 1862-1868, 1867-1919; vestry 1919-1980; guild of
St Ninian 1905-1907,
1914-1916; Committee for youthwork, 1935-1943; Finance committee
1877-1904;
Congregational committee, 1896-1935, Men's Society 1909-1916 and Choir
Committee 1878. Financial
material includes fragment of record of subscriptions for behoof of
minister, 1747-1772;
vestry account book 1861-1876l offertory books 1883-1907, 1929-1964;
Accounts 1876-1922;
Pew rent books, 1931-1945; Cash books 1925-1942. Other material
includes papers relating to
buildings including demolition of tower, communion rolls,
congregational returns and lists of members,
addresses, roll of honour 1914-1918, constitutions 1862, 1870,
inventories of furnishings,
1946-1975 and title deeds, 1935; letter books 1870-1920 other
correspondence; Plans of rectory, 1939 and
1944, church ground 1951, proposed church extensions 1901-1902, church
1824; The Net church
magazine (first edition - [ongoing]).
The Register
of Births and Marriages for the Episcopal Congregation at St Andrews,
1722-1787 was published by the Scottish Record Society,
Old Series part 73, 1916. It is available online at the Open
Library. It has been reprinted and extended to
1859 by the Fife
Family History
Society as Baptismal
Registers No.5. It also contains a list of subscriptions,
probably on behalf of the Clergyman or towards expenses of Services,
1747-1772.
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Births / Baptisms |
Marriages |
| St Andrews Episcopal Congregation |
1722-1787; 1819-1859 |
1722-1787; 1819-1859 |
The LDS
have filmed the following records which may be consulted at LDS
Family History Centres.
LDS Library Film Numbers:
| 844777 Item 1 |
St Andrews Episcopal Congregation |
Register of births and marriages, 1722-1787 |
Original source: Book:
Scottish Record Society (Series) : v. 49 |
| Data
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The births and marriages to 1787 can be searched on the FreeREG site.
- CH3/1566
Strathkinness United Free Church
Minutes, 1911-1929; Deacon's court minutes, 1901-1929.
- CH3/291
Strathkinness Associate Session (later Free and United Free)
Session minutes, 1827-1831 and 1857-1911; Communion rolls, 1859 and
1904; Baptisms, 1882-1893; Cash book, 1899-1930.
Included in the Old Parochial
Registers on microfilm
and at the ScotlandsPeople
Centre, Edinburgh but not online:
| 453/5 |
St Andrews Kirk Session Minutes 1638-1659 |
| 453/6 |
St Andrews Kirk Session Minutes 1659-1670 |
| 453/7 |
St Andrews Kirk Session Minutes 1670-1679 |
| 453/8 |
St Andrews Kirk Session Minutes 1679-1698 |
| 453/9 |
St Andrews Kirk Session Minutes 1698-1706 |
| 453/10 |
St Andrews Kirk Session Minutes 1706-1719 |
| 453/11 |
St Andrews Kirk Session Minutes 1719-1729 |
| 453/12 |
St Andrews Kirk Session Minutes 1729-1740 |
| 453/13 |
St Andrews Kirk Session Minutes 1740-1750 |
| 453/14 |
St Andrews Kirk Session Minutes 1750-1763 |
| 453/15 |
St Andrews Kirk Session Minutes 1763-1671 |
At the NationalArchives
of Scotland, Edinburgh:
- RH11/61
St Andrews Regality Court
Records 1671-1730; Admiralty Court Book 1671-1730.
- GD1/361
Registers of the Regality of St Andrews
Registers of the Regality of St Andrews, 1715-1746, including: Deeds,
1715-1735; Hornings and inhibitions, 1715-1746.
- SC20/73
Regality of St Andrews
Court Books, 1633-1747.
- CC20
St Andrews Commissary Court
- 1. Act books etc., 1563/4-66, 1573/4-1791 (incomplete)
- 2. Register of decreets, 1595-1823 (incomplete)
- 3. Processes, 1718-1823 (incomplete)
- 4. Register of testaments, 1549-51, 1583-1823
(incomplete)
The Scotland's
People
website has
indexes to St Andrews Commissary Court records, 1824-1901
(CC20/4/1-31).
- 5. Minute book of testaments, 1718-1823
- 6. Warrants of testaments and inventories, 1668, 1707,
1714-1823
(incomplete)
The Scotland's
People
website has
indexes to some St Andrews Commissary Court records, 1824-1901
(CC20/6/1-97).
- 7. Register of inventories and settlements, 1806-23
The Scotland's
People
website has
indexes to some St Andrews Commissary Court records, 1824-1901
(CC20/7/1-16).
- 8. Petitions, 1809-23
- 9. Edicts, 1713-1823 (incomplete)
- 10. Warrants of tutorial and curatorial inventories,
1750-99
- 11. Register of deeds and protests, 1564-74, 1592-95,
1618-1809
(incomplete)
- 12. Minute book of deeds, 1671-1745, 1780-1809
- 13. Warrants of deeds and protests, 1649, 1667, 1673,
1694, 1696-1809
(incomplete)
- 14. Index of deeds and protests, 1564-1809
- 15. Inventory of records
At the Special
Collections Dept. of St
Andrews University Library:
- B65
St Andrews Burgh records
Regality court book, 1731-1741
- msdep103
Registers of the Dean of Guild court, St Andrews
The records of the court comprise: registers, minute books, indexes to
applications, lists of cases and fee books. A unique number was
allocated to each application. The registers record applications for
planning permission and the submission of plans to the Court. They give
date of submission, details of the property concerned and the proposed
alterations, and the result of the consideration of the numbered
application by the court.
Court Registers, 1894-1975 (actually contain 1897-1968); Index book
1968-1975; Town planning applications, 1948-1975; Register of plans and
petitions, 1960-1967; Register of applications, 1967-1975 and
1968-1975; Register of applications for advertisement and signs,
1949-1974; Register of minor warrants, 1957-1972 and 1966-1975; Minor
warrants index book, 1973-1975; Loose papers, 1965-1975.
- msdep103
Plans submitted to the Dean of Guild court, St Andrews
Main series of numbered plans submitted to the Court, 1-3853, with many
gaps. 36 boxes of plans identified as relating to plans before 1894;
water; planning; roads; outwith Fife; modern series with planning
application number; red numbers; unidentified series; to be disposed
of. 7 boxes of annotated Ordnance Survey maps. 3 boxes of miscellaneous
plans.
At the NationalArchives
of Scotland, Edinburgh:
- HR/73
St Andrews parish heritors' records
Minutes, 1784-1800, 1804-1930; Account book, 1860-1930; Miscellaneous
volumes, 1800,1812.
- HR/491
St Leonards parish heritors' records
Minutes, 1838-1932; Accounts, 1838-1932 (with gaps); Vouchers,
1847-1902 (with gaps); Papers relating to buildings, 1839-1912; Papers
relating to Church of Scotland, 1926-1927; Correspondence, 1838-1869,
1927-1932; Miscellaneous, 1838-1843; Plans of lands of Rathelpie, 1901.
At the NationalArchives
of Scotland, Edinburgh:
- VR77
Valuation Rolls: St Andrews Burgh
1855-1930; the Roll from 1930 is included in the Valuation Roll for the
County of Fife
- VR101
Valuation Rolls: Fife
1855-1975;
covers the part of the parish outwith the Burgh up to 1930, thereafter
the whole parish
- B/65
St Andrews Burgh records
St Andrews burgh records, 1673-1948, including: Register of sasines,
1673-1948 (gaps); Register of sasines minutes, 1673-1948; Calendar, nd.
St Andrews Sea Box Society
The Seafaring Society in the parishes of St Andrews and St Leonards was
founded in 1643 as a Friendly Society. It seems to have lacked any
formal constitution until after 1734. There were initially four classes
of members: masters, mates, mariners and apprentice masters. Dues were
paid as a proportion of earnings. The Society seems to have been
administered by two Managers chosen from among the Shipmasters and
three assistants. Later a Factor was appointed to act as clerk and
treasurer. There was also an officer whose duty it was to call and
attend all meetings. There was at least one meeting each year. In
addition to entry fees and annual payments, the society derived income
from land and bonds on property and later interest from investment of
funds. The benefits paid out to members and their dependants included
provision for those prevented from working by illness or disability,
superannuation for those over 55 and for widow and children as well as
meeting funeral expenses. Alternative names for the society included
the Sea Poor Box of St Andrews (1734), the Sea Box Society of St
Andrews (1863), the Poor Sea Box Society of St Andrews (1880). The
Society ceased to be registered as a Friendly Society of Scotland in
1920 and the last meeting was held on 11 January 1921. Source: Articles
in Three Decades of Historical Notes, (
St Andrews, 1991): C. Forrest, 'The Sea Box Papers', p. 155; and M I
Smith, 'The Seafaring Society in the Parishes of St Andrews and St
Leonards, 1643-1920', pp. 155-160.
At the Special
Collections Dept. of St
Andrews University Library:
- msdep51
Papers of the St Andrews Sea Box Society
- Box1: Minutes and accounts, 1775-1869; minute book
1870-1974; laws and
regulations 1800, 1816, 1821, 1857.
- Box 2: Account book, 1802-1868,
1869-1918, 1919-1966; rental book 1871-1920.
- Box 3: Miscellaneous
papers: builders' accounts1707-1861, legal papers including titles,
1625-1847.
- Box 4: Miscellaneous papers: payments to the sea box,
receipts, parish kirk, constitution, repair of pier, 1643-20th century
; titles of 2 Priory Acres 1663-1732 and of property on south side of
North Street, 1533-1719.
Access by appointment with the Archivist. Access to unpublished records
less than 30 years old and other records containing confidential
information may be restricted. Special conditions apply to photographs.
Access Conditions: Applications for permission to quote should be sent
to the University Archivist. Reproduction subject to usual conditions:
educational use and condition of documents. There are conditions in the
terms of deposit which affect reproduction.
- B65
St Andrews Burgh records
Guildry books, 1604-1861; Guildry
accounts, 1816-1835; Seven Trades Convenor's books, 1594-1847; Maltmen
minutes, 1762-1849; Wrights minutes, 1795-1869; Wrights' Boxmaster's
accounts, 1796-1869.
At the FifeCouncil
Archive Centre, Markinch:
- FCC/6/49
St Andrews & St Leonards Parochial Board / Parish Council
Minute books, 1845-1930; Inventory of Deeds, 1761-1895; Chartulary,
1855-1972.
St Andrews District Council
The Local Government (Scotland) Act 1929 (19 & 20 Geo.
V, c.25) required county councils to draw up a scheme of district
councils, to be composed partly of directly elected district
councillors and partly of the county councillors from electoral
divisions within the district. District councils had various
responsibilities delegated to them by the county council under a scheme
of delegation. These might include the letting of houses, the upkeep of
cemeteries and until 1948 the poor law. District councils also
administered special districts or committees responsible for certain
functions such as scavenging or water supply, financed by additional
rates. District councils were abolished in 1975 by the Local Government
(Scotland) Act 1973 (c.65).
At the Special
Collections Dept. of St
Andrews University Library:
- DC9
Records of St Andrews District Council
Minutes, 1970-1975.
At the FifeCouncil
Archive Centre, Markinch:
- St Andrews Burgh Infants School
Logbooks, 1885-1919
- St Andrews East End School
Logbooks, 1863-1900
- St Andrews East End Primary School
Logbooks, 1889-1931
- Boarhills Public School
Logbooks, 1874-1988
- Strathkinness South School
Logbooks, 1873-1894
- Strathkinness Primary School
Logbooks, 1894-1995; Admissions Registers, 1934-1961
- St Andrews & St Leonards School Board
Minute books, 1873-1878, 1904-1911.
- St Andrews School Management Committee
Minute books, 1931-1942, 1944-1949.
- St Andrews Madras College Management Committee
Minute books, 1928-1974
Entries less than 50 years old may contain sensitive personal
information and are not on open access. If you are a former pupil you
are entitled to see your own entry. Please contact the Archivist for
further details.
At the Special
Collections Dept. of St
Andrews University Library:
- St Andrews and St Leonards School Board
Minutes, 1888-1905, 1911-1919
- Records of Madras College, St Andrews
- ms37601-2
Minutes of trustees, 1-2, 1831-1846, 1846-1879
- ms37603
Minutes of governors, 1, 1888-1907
- ms37604
Index to minute books of governors, from 1888
- ms37605-37612/1
Endowment Trust letter books, 1-7, 1888-1926; 10, 1938-1957
- ms37612/2
Management trust letter book, 1928-1934
- ms37613
Endowment trust cash ledger, 1928-1940
- ms37614-37627
Miscellaneous papers, 14 boxes
- ms38438
Minutes of trustees, 3, 1879-1889; Minutes of governors, 2-3,
1908-1929; Ledgers, 2-5, 1898-1928; Cash books, 1-2, 1905-1928
- ms38375
Specification of work for Master's house, 1834
- ms38495
Additional material which had been returned to School by solicitor in
1999: Contents of deed box including trust deeds, leases, inventories,
papers relating to Dundee Royal Asylum, land for dam and railway at
Cairns, Pipeland farmhouse, medals.
- msdep13
2 boxes of bundled papers including correspondence of Andrew Bell,
c1830-c1900; 3 boxes of unlisted papers including much printed
material, photographs, file on 1933 centenary, slate etc. Roll of plans
of building, 1831.
At the Special
Collections Dept. of St
Andrews University Library:
- B65
St Andrews Burgh records
Taxation inventories, 1630-1633; Poll tax and stent rolls,
1618-1839, 1846-1848, 1855-1856; Cess book, 1826-1833
At the FifeCouncil
Archive Centre, Markinch:
- B/Sta
St Andrews Burgh records
Town council minutes, 1912-1965 (with gaps); burgh engineer's letter
books, 1938-1974; town clerk's correspondence, 1956-1975; account
books, 1931-1973; Water committee minutes, 1784-1821 and correspondence
etc relating to water and sewage schemes, 1861-1974; papers relating to
mussel fishing in river Eden, 1844-1972; St Andrews Harbour Trustees
minute book, 1897-1967; St Andrews Burgh licensing court register,
1964-1975; correspondence relating to the golf courses and accounts for
green fees, 1928-1974.
At the National
Archives of Scotland, Edinburgh:
- B/65
St Andrews Burgh records
St Andrews burgh records, 1673-1948, including: Register of sasines,
1673-1948 (gaps); Register of sasines minutes, 1673-1948; Calendar, nd.
At the Special
Collections Dept. of St
Andrews University Library:
- B65
St Andrews Burgh records
Chartularies, 1550-1866, including 'The Black Book' and 'The Brown
Book'; Register of Salmon Fishing Leases, 1842-1899; Registers of
deeds, 1692-1699, 1706-1711, 1726-1771, 1778-1891; Register of
protests, 1805-1809; Court books, 1589-1592, 1600-1603, 1664-1665,
1674-1675, 1707-1896; Bread assize book, 1788-1834; Summary criminal
trial records, 1842-1868; Police Act court book, 1850-1862; Police
Court convictions, 1863-1868; Registers of persons committed to jail,
1827-1837; Licensing court records, 1778-1859, 1891-1908, 1912-1947;
Council minutes, 1656-1729, 1743-1975; Council committee minutes
(various), 1843-1903, 1910-1916, 1927-1933; Town Council annual
committee minutes, 1776-1786; Magistrates minutes, 1781-1782,
1814-1823; Police commissioners minutes, 1838-1900; Police
commissioners letter books, 1885-1898; Town Council letter book,
1897-1902; Medical Officer of Health: reports on houses, 1935-1936;
Dean of Guild court book, 1827-1865; Guildry books, 1604-1861; Guildry
accounts, 1816-1835; Seven Trades Convenor's books, 1594-1847; Maltmen
minutes, 1762-1849; Wrights minutes, 1795-1869; Wrights' Boxmaster's
accounts, 1796-1869. Harbour trustees minutes, 1771-1805; cash book,
1897-1952; Town Council Harbour Committee minutes, 1843-1845; Record of
harbour dues, 1859-1920. Treasurer's accounts, 1611-1626; Town factor's
accounts, 1796-1819; City factor's cash books, 1807-1839, 1886-1928;
Town cash books, 1834-1861; Town's accounts, 1818-1872; Police
commissioners accounts, 1838-1885; Bell Fund trust cash books,
1831-1931; City rental list, 1899-1928; Housing schemes account book,
1921-1925; Street lighting subscribers minutes and accounts, 1821-1834;
List of seat rents in town church, 1833-1907; Register of loans,
1911-1969. Taxation inventories, 1630-1633; Poll tax and stent rolls,
1618-1839, 1846-1848, 1855-1856; Cess book, 1826-1833; Water accounts,
1826-1837; Statute labour assessments, 1832-1833; Prison Board
assessments, 1840-1845. Regality court book, 1731-1741; Billet master's
book, 1798-1857; Register of burgess admission, arrestments etc,
1766-1768; Registers of voters, 1832, 1837-1838, 1842-1855; Election
books, 1861-1914, 1919-1947; List of burgh population, 1838; University
commission evidence (printed), 1837; Salmon fishings, West Sands,
1966-1967; Waugh Bequest: minutes, 1895-1927; Victory Fund agenda book,
1944-1948. Crown and other charters in favour of the burgh, title deeds
concerning land in the burgh etc, 1153,1162-1828; Miscellaneous
discharges and other writs, 1542-1803. Miscellaneous papers: Claims of
service, retours and cognitions, 1596-1935; Complaints to burgh court,
1753-1862; Decreets etc, 1662-1844; Petitions, 1736-1889; Miscellaneous
papers from charter chest, 1596-1896; Dean of Guild court petitions,
1761-1840; Guildry papers, 1699-1832; Miscellaneous burgh accounts and
vouchers, 1625-1870; Treasurer's accounts, 1623-24, 1705-08, 1725-1813
(incomplete); Registered protested bills, 1709-1844; Bonds of caution,
1755-1844; Claims, 1715, 1722-1826; Roads and walks in St Andrews,
1730-1893; Precognitions, 1768-1834; Tolbooth, 1617-1888; Commissions,
1758-1868; Schools, soldiers, volunteers and charities, 1620-1886;
Magistrates and committees, 1775-1895; Precepts of warning, 1857-1863;
Registered deeds, dispositions etc, 1622-1863; Miscellaneous title
deeds, 1606-1862; Papers in court actions, 1722-1843; Tacks and
articles of roup, 1604-1849; Papers relating to burgh elections,
1883-1897; Cess accounts, 1727-1803; Vouchers for town's expenses,
c1725-1885; Miscellaneous papers, 1540-1890; Papers relating to St
Andrews trades, 1511-1884; Convention of royal burghs, 1598-1884; Town
Council letters, 1870-1895; St Andrews Harbour, 1707-1897; Lighting,
1821-1881; Priory Acres, 1606-1759; Mussel scalps, 1802-1897; Links,
1732-1893, with golf course papers, 1913-1936; Haughs, 1600-1878;
Lawyers' accounts, 1730-1887; Salmon fishing, 1848-1872; Salaries,
1607-1874; Public burdens vouchers, 1609-1873; Mills, 1576-1888; Lists
of voters in municipal elections, 1857-1897; Drainage/water supply,
1864-1884; Provisional orders/public inquiries, 1932-1958; Government
evacuation scheme, 1939; Air raid precaution scheme for Fife,
1937-1939; Papers on burgh matters arranged on subject basis, 15th-19th
cents.
In the Muniment Collection in the Special
Collections Dept. of St
Andrews University Library:
- UMUN
Records of the University of St Andrews
Main types of records included are: Administrative records of the
Colleges: minutes, statutes, secretarial and financial papers, bursary
and student papers, landholding records. Administrative records of the
University as a whole relating to privileges, lands and buildings,
officers and staff, students and graduates, faculties, Senatus
Academicus minutes 1696-, Court minutes 1860-, General Council minutes
and registers 1859-, accounts 1729-, and other financial papers,
secretary's files, papers relating to residences, relations with
outside bodies, student papers including records of student societies.
There are also papers of former principals and members of staff.
Library records including catalogues 1644-, borrowing and acquisition
records, regulations, correspondence, staff and financial material.
Access by appointment with the Archivist. Access to unpublished records
less than 30 years old and other records containing confidential
information may be restricted.
At the Special
Collections Dept. of St
Andrews University Library:
- B65
St Andrews burgh records
Registers of voters, 1832, 1837-1838, 1842-1855; Election
books, 1861-1914, 1919-1947
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Archive Network
(SCAN)
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