Coupar Angus

Coupar Angus
Coupar Angus
Coupar Angus shown within Perth and Kinross
Population 2,262 [1] (2011 census)
OS grid reference NO222401
• Edinburgh 41 mi (66 km)
Council area
Lieutenancy area
Country Scotland
Sovereign state United Kingdom
Post town BLAIRGOWRIE
Postcode district PH13
Dialling code 01828
Police Scottish
Fire Scottish
Ambulance Scottish
EU Parliament Scotland
UK Parliament
Scottish Parliament

Coupar Angus (/ˈkʊpər/ ( listen); Gaelic: Cùbar Aonghais) is a town in Perth and Kinross, Scotland, situated four miles south of Blairgowrie.

The name Coupar Angus serves to differentiate the town from Cupar, Fife. The town was traditionally on the border between Angus and Perthshire, the town centre being in Perthshire. The Angus part was transferred to Perthshire in 1891, but the town retained its name.

It is located on the A94 Perth-Forfar road, although the town centre itself is now bypassed.

History

Sites

Clock Tower - The Steeple

Clock tower in Coupar Angus.
Photo:James Allen

The 6 storey Tolbooth was built in 1762, funded by public subscription.[2]

Coupar Angus Abbey

In the Middle Ages the Cistercian Coupar Angus Abbey was one of Scotland's most important monasteries, founded by Malcolm IV (1153–65) in the 1160s. Of the abbey, only architectural fragments, preserved in the 19th-century parish church (which is probably on the site of the monastic church), or built into houses and walls throughout the town, survive, along with part of one of its gatehouses.[3]

Historical Maps

National Library of Scotland

The National Library of Scotland provides access to several historical maps that make reference to Coupar Angus.

World War II

Polish Forces

Several Polish units were stationed in and around Coupar Angus from 1939 to 1945. [4]

Animals

Scottish Fold

Sport

Notable people

Sport

  • Coupar Angus is the birthplace of Jock Sutherland, coach for the Pittsburgh Steelers 1946–1947.
  • Coupar Angus is the birthplace of Alan Gilzean, who is a former professional footballer from the 1960s and 1970s and played for Scottish club Dundee, national side Scotland and English club Tottenham Hotspur.

Science

Astronomy

  • John Robertson, born in 1830 at Struan, was a railway porter residing in Causewayend. He was an amateur astronomer and contributed to several national journals on the subject.

Emigrants

  • William Nairne Clark, one of the two protagonists that fought the last recorded Regulation duel with flintlock pistols in Western Australia, was born in Coupar Angus in 1804. Clark and his opponent, George French Johnson, faced each other in Fremantle, Western Australia, on the morning of Friday 6 June 1832. Johnson was fatally wounded in the hip in the encounter. Clark was subsequently charged with, and acquitted of, Johnson's murder. Clark, who had trained as a lawyer,emigrated to Western Australia on the convict ship 'Eliza' in 1830. He initially practised as a lawyer before founding 'The West Australian Journal' newspaper in 1836.

References

  1. ↑ "Comparative Population Profile: Coupar Angus Locality". Scotland's Census Results Online. 2001-04-29. Retrieved 2010-10-14.
  2. ↑ "Coupar Angus, Queen Street, The Steeple". Canmore. Retrieved 24 July 2018.
  3. ↑ "Coupar Angus". Gazetteer for Scotland. Retrieved 24 July 2018.
  4. ↑ POLONICA IN SCOTLAND: Coupar Angus
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