{"id":3744,"date":"2017-11-03T11:24:56","date_gmt":"2017-11-03T11:24:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/stmonans.org.uk\/blog\/?page_id=3744"},"modified":"2025-12-23T22:47:55","modified_gmt":"2025-12-23T22:47:55","slug":"web","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/stmonans.org.uk\/blog\/web\/","title":{"rendered":"St Monans on the web"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>All about St Monans&nbsp;&#8211;&nbsp;links to&nbsp;more information about all aspects of the village &#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/stmonans.org.uk\/\">stmonans.org.uk&nbsp;<\/a>aims to be your first port of call and the most comprehensive website&nbsp;for information on St Monans.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If you want to search for St Monans information elsewhere on the web, note that it can also be spelt &#8220;St Monance&#8221;.&nbsp;St Monans is the more common and the locally preferred&nbsp;spelling, but for some reason many maps and government sites such as&nbsp;Historic Scotland use St Monance.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>search <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"http:\/\/www.google.com\/search?q=%22St+Monans%22+OR+%22St+Monance%22\" target=\"_blank\">Google<\/a> &#8211; <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"http:\/\/uk.search.yahoo.com\/search?p=%22St+Monans%22+OR+%22St+Monance%22\" target=\"_blank\">Yahoo<\/a> &#8211; <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"http:\/\/images.google.com\/images?source=ig&amp;hl=en&amp;rlz=&amp;=&amp;q=%22St%20Monans%22%20OR%20%22St%20Monance%22\" target=\"_blank\">Google images<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>look on <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/St_Monans\" target=\"_blank\">Wikipedia<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Live Search <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"http:\/\/maps.live.com\/default.aspx?v=2&amp;FORM=LMLTCP&amp;cp=56.205869%7E-2.766087&amp;style=a&amp;lvl=16&amp;tilt=-90&amp;dir=0&amp;alt=-http:\/\/maps.live.com\/default.aspx?v=2&amp;FORM=LMLTCP&amp;cp=56.20443%7E-2.765218&amp;style=h&amp;lvl=16&amp;tilt=-90&amp;dir=0&amp;alt=-http:\/\/maps.live.com\/default.aspx?v=2&amp;FORM=LMLTCP&amp;cp=56.205928%7E-2.764392&amp;style=a&amp;lvl=15&amp;tilt=-90&amp;dir=0&amp;alt=-1000&amp;phx=0&amp;phy=0&amp;phscl=1&amp;where1=st%20monans&amp;encType=1\" target=\"_blank\">aerial view<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20100107140626\/http:\/\/www.geo.ed.ac.uk:80\/scotgaz\/towns\/townfirst54.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Gazetteer for Scotland<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-uagb-separator uagb-block-b5a0306d\"><div class=\"wp-block-uagb-separator__inner\" style=\"--my-background-image:\"><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><b>Landmarks<\/b><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/scotland\/whereilive\/coast\/stages.shtml?walk=centralandfife&amp;stage=2\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">St Monans Auld Kirk&nbsp;<\/a>(BBC)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.electricscotland.com\/inverie\/index.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Newark Castle&nbsp;<\/a>(Inverie, St Monance)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20211207180821\/http:\/\/www.ports.org.uk\/port.asp?id=696\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Harbour<\/a> &#8211; do&nbsp;you know the connection between St Monans&nbsp;and Treasure Island?<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20160708205456\/http:\/\/www.fifedirect.org.uk:80\/atoz\/index.cfm?fuseaction=facility.display&amp;facid=4813692E-2AFB-4AE4-B950C566C8590544\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Windmill<\/a> and&nbsp;the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/scotland\/whereilive\/coast\/stages.shtml?walk=centralandfife&amp;stage=3\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Salt pans<\/a> . Extensive information is available in a monograph <a style=\"font-size: 0.875em; background-color: #dddddd;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.tafac.org.uk\/saltpt1.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">The Salt and Coal Industries at St Monans,&nbsp;Fife, in the 18th and 19th Centuries<\/a><span style=\"font-size: 0.875em; background-color: #dddddd;\">&nbsp;from Tayside&nbsp;and Fife Archaeological Committee.<\/span><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20190508102805\/http:\/\/www.users.zetnet.co.uk:80\/mmartin\/fifepits\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Coal Mining<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/ukfossils.co.uk\/2007\/08\/15\/st-monans\/\" id=\"rdf:#$5sxzM3\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Fossils and Geology of&nbsp;St Monans<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Famous Simminancers<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>footballer <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Charlie_Cooke_%28footballer%29\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Charlie Cooke&nbsp;&#8211; pic and stats<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>author <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Christopher_Rush_%28writer%29\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Christopher Rush<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>singer <a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/search?q=niven+miller\">Niven Miller<\/a><span style=\"font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-weight: inherit;\"> (see page 6) &#8211; <a style=\"font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-weight: inherit;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.discogs.com\/artist\/1514935-Niven-Miller\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">discography<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: bold;\"><br>More information<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20061217073310\/http:\/\/www.fairlieburne.co.uk\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">fairlieburne.co.uk\/&nbsp;<\/a>&#8211; full of fascinating information about St Monans, boatbuilding, and&nbsp;the life of John Cunningham, born 1917 (now via wayback machine, since&nbsp;no longer online when last checked)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/search?tbo=p&amp;tbm=bks&amp;q=%22St+Monans%22\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">St Monans in books<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>All about St Monans&nbsp;&#8211;&nbsp;links to&nbsp;more information about all aspects of the village &#8230; stmonans.org.uk&nbsp;aims to be your first port of call and the most comprehensive website&nbsp;for information on St Monans. If you want to search for St Monans information elsewhere <span class=\"excerpt-dots\">&hellip;<\/span> <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/stmonans.org.uk\/blog\/web\/\"><span class=\"more-msg\">Continue reading &rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":13,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_uag_custom_page_level_css":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-3744","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"uagb_featured_image_src":{"full":false,"thumbnail":false,"medium":false,"medium_large":false,"large":false,"1536x1536":false,"2048x2048":false},"uagb_author_info":{"display_name":"Dave","author_link":"https:\/\/stmonans.org.uk\/blog\/author\/dave\/"},"uagb_comment_info":0,"uagb_excerpt":"All about St Monans&nbsp;&#8211;&nbsp;links to&nbsp;more information about all aspects of the village &#8230; stmonans.org.uk&nbsp;aims to be your first port of call and the most comprehensive website&nbsp;for information on St Monans. 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