Anstruther

:There is also a P. G. Wodehouse character named Mr. Anstruther.

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P. G. Wodehouse - Mr. Anstruther

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Anstruther (Enster in Scots, Eanstar in Scottish Gaelic) is a small town in Fife, Scotland. It comprises the royal and police burghs of Anstruther Easter, Anstruther Wester and Kilrenny, and lies 9 miles south-southeast of St Andrews; the two Anstruthers are divided only by a small stream called Dreel Burn. It is the largest community on the stretch of coastline on the north shore of the Firth of Forth known as the East Neuk, with a population of about 3,500 people.

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Scots - Scottish Gaelic - Fife - Scotland - Firth of Forth - East Neuk

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It is believed to be of ancient origins, with archaeological and other evidence providing links to the Picts and the early Christian church.

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It was originally a fishing village, and is home to the Scottish Fisheries Museum, but its main industry is now tourism. Pleasure craft now moor in the harbour, and there is a golf course. A new leisure complex is planned.

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Scottish Fisheries Museum - Golf course

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It has an award-winning fish and chips shop, and is the home of BBC Radio 1 DJ Edith Bowman.

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Fish and chips - BBC Radio 1 - DJ - Edith Bowman

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Little more than a mile to the west lies the royal and police burgh of Pittenweem (Gaelic, "the hollow of the cave"), a quaint old fishing town, with the remains of a priory. About 2 miles still farther westwards is the fishing town of St Monans or Abercromby, with a fine old Gothic church, picturesquely perched on the rocky shore. These fisher towns on the eastern and south-eastern coasts of Fifeshire furnish artists with endless subjects.

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James Melville (1556-1614), nephew of the more celebrated reformer, Andrew Melville, who was minister of Kilrenny, has given in his Diary a graphic account of the arrival at Anstruther of a weatherbound ship of the Armada, and the tradition of the intermixture of Spanish and Fifeshire blood still prevails in the district. Anstruther fair supplied William Tennant (1784-1848), who was born and buried in the town, with the subject of his poem of "Anster Fair." Sir James Lumsden, a soldier of fortune under Gustavus Adolphus, who distinguished himself in the Thirty Years' War, was born in the parish of Kilrenny about 1598. David Martin (1737-1798), the painter and engraver; Thomas Chalmers (1780-1847), the great divine; and John Goodsir (1814-1867), the anatomist, were natives of Anstruther. Archibald Constable (1774-1827), Sir Walter Scott's publisher, was born in the parish of Carnbee, about 3 miles to the north of Pittenweem.

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1556 - 1614 - 1784 - 1848 - 1598 - 1737 - 1798 - 1780 - 1847 - 1814 - 1867 - 1774 - 1827

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The two Anstruthers, Kilrenny and Pittenweem unite with St Andrews, Cupar and Crail, in sending one member to parliament.

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