or CUPAR, of Angus, a town of Scotland, in the valley of Strathmore, and though designated in Angus, by far the greater part is situated in the county of Perth. The town is placed on the Isla, and is divided by a rivulet into two parts; that part which lies south of this rivulet being all that belongs to the county of Angus. The streets are well paved and lighted, and the town has much improved of late years; there is a town-house and steeple on the spot where the prison of the court of regality stood. The linen manufacture is carried on to a considerable extent, nearly 200,000 yards of different kinds of cloth being annually stamped here. The number of inhabitants in 1811 was 2,595 in the town and parish. It is distant about 12 miles from Perth, and nearly the same distance from Dundee. The parish of Cupar extends about 5 miles in length from south-west to north-east, and is from 1 to 2 miles in breadth; it is divided lengthways by an elevated ridge: a considerable extent of haugh ground lies on the banks of the Isla, which is frequently swelled by the rains, and lays nearly 600 acres under water. There are still visible at Cupar, the vestiges of a Roman camp, said to have been formed by the army of Agricola in his 7th expedition. On the centre of this camp, Malcolm IV. in 1104, founded and richly endowed an abbey for Cisterian monks; from what remains, it must have been a house of considerable magnitude.

or CUPAR, of Fife, a town in Scotland, capital of the county of Fife, about 10 miles west of St Andrews; W. Long. 2. 40. N. Lat. 56. 20. It is situated on the north bank of the Eden, nearly in the centre of the county; it boasts of great antiquity; the thanes of Fife, from the earliest times of which any account has been transmitted to us, held here their courts of justice; and in the rolls of parliament, assembled in the beginning of the reign of King David II. may be seen the names of commissioners from the royal borough of Cupar. It is governed by a provost, 3 bailies, a dean of guild, and 21 counsellors. The revenue of the town amounts to 450l. sterling per annum. Cupar has the appearance of a neat, clean, well built, thriving town. The streets are well paved, and upwards of one third of the town is newly built. The church is a neat new building, and the spire is much admired for its light and elegant appearance. Adjoining to the town-house, the gentlemen of the county lately built a room for county meetings, and other apartments. The prisons are on the opposite side of the town-house. In Cupar, and the neighbouring country, a considerable quantity of coarse linens are manufactured; about 500,000 yards are annually stamped, the aggregate value of which is nearly 30,000l. sterling. Population of the town is about 4000. The parish of Cupar is an irregular square of 5 miles, divided into two parts by the river Eden, the banks of which are covered with numerous farm houses, and ornamented with elegant and stately villas. Carslogie, the seat of Colonel Clephane, is an ancient mansion. Garlie bank, the property of James Wemyss, Esq. of Winthank, is celebrated for the treaty concluded on the 13th of June 1559, between the duke de Chattelherault, on the part of the queen-regent, and the earl of Argyle commanding the forces of the congregation. The population of the parish (including the town of Cupar) in 1793, amounted to 3702; in 1801, there were 4463 inhabitants in the same district, and in 1811 there were 4758.