page_title: St Andrews
section_title: Other websites
hierarchical_section_title: St Andrews / Other websites
caption_attribution_description: Plaque in St Andrews, Fife, Scotland reading: "Here stood the house of Bailie Bell, who, before 1744, was an eager co-worker with Alexander Wilson, the father of Scottish type-founder, and John Baine, in whose type-foundry in Philadelphia the first $ sign was cast in 1797."
context_page_description: St Andrews is a town, that has its name from Saint Andrew the Apostle and is a former royal burgh on the east coast of Fife, Scotland, and an important home of golf. It has a population of about 18 000, and stands on the North Sea coast between Edinburgh and Dundee. It is home to Scotland's oldest university, the University of St Andrews.
  The town is called "home of golf" for two reasons. First, the Royal and Ancient Golf Club, founded in 1754, has authority over the game worldwide except in the USA and Mexico. Second, the beautiful links is the most frequent venue for The Open Championship, the oldest of the Men's major golf championships.
  Visitors travel to St Andrews in great numbers for several courses ranked amongst the finest in the world, as well as for the sandy beaches.
context_section_description: Royal Burgh of St Andrews Community Council
  The Official Tourist Portal for St Andrews
   St Andrews travel guide from Wikivoyage
  St Andrews Links
caption: The plaque on the bookshop on the corner of South Street and Church Street in St Andrews.
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