A TIMELINE OF ST ANDREWS, SCOTLAND
By Tim Lambert
8th Century According to legend the remains of St Andrew are brought to Scotland
10th Century St Andrews is the headquarters of the Scottish Church
1160-1318 St Andrews Cathedral is built
c 1200 St Andrews Castle is built
1410 Holy Trinity Church is built
1413 St Andrews University is founded
1433 A reformer named Paul Crawer is martyred in St Andrews
1472 St Andrews is made an Archbishopric
1546 George Wishart is martyred in St Andrews.
1558 Walter Myln is martyred in St Andrews
1559 During the Reformation St Andrews is stripped of its furnishings
1589 West Port is built
1620 St Andrews is made a royal burgh
1754 The Royal and Ancient Golf Club is formed
1801 St Andrews has a population of over 4,000
1833 Madras College is founded
1846 Martyrs Monument is erected
1852 The railway reaches St Andrews
1877 St Leonards School is founded
1901 St Andrews has a population of over 9,000
1931 New Picture House opens
1943 Two people in St Andrews die as a result of eating sausages contimainated with arsenic
1969 The railway closes
1978 Crawford Arts Centre opens
1989 St Andrews Aquarium opens
1990 The British Golf Museum opens
1991 St Andrews Museum opens