Why Choose Cupar?
Cupar, an ancient Pictish name, means ‘where the rivers meet‘. People have long met here too – to exchange views, make news, do business and practise law. And as more came, so the town grew … people choosing to the make Cupar their home. This blog gives a flavour of our town – shaped by its medieval origins as a Royal Burgh controlling trade from the North Sea to Kinross. Its medieval street pattern survives to this day – now peppered with many fine buildings and its famous old closes that extend like branches on a tree from Cupar’s centre to explore the wider town …
