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Louisa Lumsden is remembered as the founder and inspiration of University Hall. She was a lifelong advocate for the progression of female education, inspired by her time at Girton College, Cambridge, having been one of the first five women to study…

Brass meridian line and plaque installed in 2014 in the pavement of South Street outside the Library to commemorate Gregory's establishment of a meridian running through St Andrews.

In September 1941 the British Army launched a competition to develop a landmine detector. Hearing of this competition, and of a fatal accident on a beach in nearby Arbroath where a Polish Army patrol was killed by a landmine, Kosacki set out to…

Lieutenant Józef Stainisław Kosacki was born on April 21st 1909 in Poland and in 1933 graduated from the Warsaw University of Technology with a degree in Electrical Engineering. Shortly before the invasion of Poland in September 1939 by Nazi…

Law Mill on Lade Braes in 1920s

The 1.5 miles long walk runs from Little Carron to Madras College and follows a route of an old mill, bringing water to the Priory of St Andrews founded in 1140. For most of its life, it was open to St Andrews citizens who used it for cleaning,…

Upper Lade Braes before John McIntosh and John McMilne planted trees along the path. Courtesy of the University of St Andrews Libraries and Museums, ID: JHW-C-101