Editing Anstruther

{{Short description|Town in Fife, Scotland}}
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| country                          = Scotland
| official_name                    = Anstruther
| scots_name                       = Enster<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.scotslanguage.com/books/view/1/823/Names+in+Scots+-+Places+in+Scotland|title=Scotslanguage.com - Names in Scots - Places in Scotland}}</ref><ref>[http://www.scots-online.org/dictionary/read.asp?letter=A&CurPage=12 The Online Scots Dictionary] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130526181716/http://www.scots-online.org/dictionary/read.asp?letter=A&CurPage=12 |date=26 May 2013 }}.</ref>
| gaelic_name                      = Ànsruthair<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.gaelicplacenames.org/databasedetails.php?id=712|title=Ainmean-Àite na h-Alba - Gaelic Place-Names of Scotland - Database|website=www.gaelicplacenames.org|access-date=11 January 2012|archive-date=19 August 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140819102929/http://www.gaelicplacenames.org/databasedetails.php?id=712|url-status=dead}}</ref>
| local_name                       =
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| unitary_scotland                 = [[Fife]]
| lieutenancy_scotland             = [[Fife]]
| post_town                        = Anstruther
| postcode_district                = KY10
| postcode_area                    = KY
| dial_code                        = 01333
| constituency_westminster         = [[North East Fife (UK Parliament constituency)|North East Fife]]
| constituency_scottish_parliament = [[North East Fife (Scottish Parliament constituency)|North East Fife]]
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| static_image_caption             = Anstruther seafront 
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'''Anstruther''' {{IPAc-en|audio=Anstruther.ogg|'|æ|n|s|t|r|ə|ð|ər}} ({{langx|sco|Ainster or Enster}}<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.scotslanguage.com/Scots_Culture/Names_in_Scots/Names_in_Scots_-_Places_in_Scotland |title = Names in Scots - Places in Scotland}}</ref> {{IPAc-en|audio=Ainster.ogg|'|eɪ|n|s|t|ər}};<ref>{{cite web|url=https://fife-placenames.glasgow.ac.uk/placename/?id=1659|title=Fife Place-name Data :: Anstruther|website=fife-placenames.glasgow.ac.uk}}</ref>{{sfnp|''EB''|1911}} {{langx|gd|Ànsruthair}}) is a coastal town in [[Fife]], [[Scotland]], situated on the north-shore of the [[Firth of Forth]]<ref name=":0">{{Cite book|title=Scotland : an encyclopedia of places & landscapes|last1=Munro|first1=David M.|last2=Gittings|first2=B.M.|publisher=Collins|year=2006|isbn=9780004724669|location=Glasgow|pages=22|oclc=225152110}}</ref> and {{Convert|9|mi|km|abbr=on}} south-southeast of [[St Andrews]]. The town comprises two settlements, Anstruther Easter and Anstruther Wester,<ref name=":0" /> which are divided by a stream, the Dreel Burn. With a population of 3,500, it is the largest community on the Firth of Forth's north-shore coastline known as the [[East Neuk]]. To the east, it merges with the village of [[Cellardyke]].<ref name=":0" />

==Description==
Founded as a fishing village, Anstruther is home to the [[Scottish Fisheries Museum]]. Recreational vessels are now moored in the harbour, and a [[Golf|golf course]] is situated near the town. Anstruther Pleasure Cruises operate sightseeing/wildlife cruises from the harbour to the [[Isle of May]], the UK's primary puffin location, on board the vessel the ''May Princess'' from April to October. An abundance of other wildlife, including seal colonies, also inhabit the island.

The [[Waid Academy]], the local state comprehensive school, is a focus of the community and through its secondary role as a community centre. Anstruther has a parish church at its centre that is on a small hill. This structure incorporates a tower/spire feature rare to Britain, but common to the area.

Anstruther War Memorial is located in the cemetery, somewhat further inland. It is of an unusual war memorial form, being totally flat to the ground, in the centre of a landscaped roundel, broadly adopting the shape of a [[celtic cross]].

[[File:Anstruther.jpg|thumb|left|Anstruther Easter from Anstruther Wester.]]
[[File:Town Hall, Anstruther - geograph.org.uk - 564375.jpg|thumb|left|The Kirk Wynd elevation of [[Anstruther Town Hall]] in Anstruther Easter.]]
[[File:Dreel Halls (geograph 6166154).jpg|thumb|left|upright|[[Dreel Halls]], the main community events venue in Anstruther Wester.]]

The town has several [[fish and chips|fish and chip]] shops. The [[Anstruther Fish Bar]], which won Fish and Chip shop of the year in 2001–2002, was awarded the same prize once again by the Sea Fish Organisation in 2009.

Anstruther is home to Scotland's only true-scale model Solar System.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.anstruther.info/anstruther-model-solar-system-sees-the-light-of-day-2/|title=Anstruther Model Solar System sees the light of day. - Anstruther.info|website=www.anstruther.info|access-date=12 October 2015|archive-date=23 September 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150923172351/http://www.anstruther.info/anstruther-model-solar-system-sees-the-light-of-day-2/|url-status=dead}}</ref> The model, which shows the Sun and planets and the distances between them all at the same scale of 1 to ten thousand million, is located mostly in the town centre. It stretches almost 600 m from the Sun to Pluto.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Chappell |first1=Duncan |title=A True-Scale Model of the Solar System in Scotland |url=https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/anstruther-model-solar-system |website=Atlas Obscura |access-date=15 November 2024}}</ref>

Anstruther is close to the [[Caves of Caiplie]] situated on the coastal path to [[Crail]].

[[File:Secret Bunker Image 2.JPG|thumb|right|Surface structure leading to "Scotland's Secret Bunker"]]
Following the end of the [[Cold War]], one of Anstruther's best-kept secrets has become a major tourist attraction. A secret [[Fallout shelter|nuclear bunker]], built in 1951 and operational until 1993, is located on the [[B940 road (Great Britain)|B940]] near the village. During its operational life, it looked like an ordinary domestic dwelling, but has been renovated and is now open to the public as a museum.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.secretbunker.co.uk/|title=Scotland's Secret Bunker|website=www.secretbunker.co.uk}}</ref> The bunker was a subsidiary [[Regional Seat of Government]] in time of possible nuclear emergency and would have been occupied by the [[British Armed Forces|UK Armed Forces]], [[United Kingdom Warning and Monitoring Organisation|UKWMO]], [[Royal Observer Corps]] and other [[Civil Service (United Kingdom)|Civil Service]] personnel.

Somewhat out from the town centre, in Anstruther Wester, stands the Dreel Tavern, taking its name from the adjacent [[stream|burn]]. This building dates from the 17th century. Nearby is  Buckie House, built in the late 17th century and restored in 1968 by W Murray Jack. The east gable was decorated with scallop shells and whelks or 'buckies' by the slater Andrew Batchelor in the mid 19th century.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://canmore.org.uk/site/94812/anstruther-wester-2-high-street-west-buckie-house|title=Anstruther Wester, 2 High Street West, Buckie House - Canmore|website=canmore.org.uk}}</ref> Its exterior was restored in 2010.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.fifetoday.co.uk/news/shell-out-over-anstruther-s-buckie-house-near-complete-1-163131|title='Shell out' over Anstruther's Buckie House near complete|access-date=1 December 2018|archive-date=2 December 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181202025018/https://www.fifetoday.co.uk/news/shell-out-over-anstruther-s-buckie-house-near-complete-1-163131|url-status=dead}}</ref>

==History==
The name of Anstruther derives from [[Scottish Gaelic]]. The second element is ''sruthair'' ('burn, stream'), but the first element less certain: it is possibly Gaelic ''á(i)n'' ('driving') or ''aon'' ('one'), thus meaning either 'driving current or burn' or '(place of or on) one burn'.<ref>Simon Taylor and Gilbert Márkus, ''The Place-Names of Fife'', 5 vols (Donington: Tyas, 2006-12), III 62.</ref> The name of Anstruther Easter derives from Scots ''easter'' ('eastern'), since the village lies to the east of Anstruther, and Anstruther Wester correspondingly from Scots ''wester'' ('western').<ref>Simon Taylor and Gilbert Márkus, ''The Place-Names of Fife'', 5 vols (Donington: Tyas, 2006-12), III 55, 62.</ref>

Anstruther-Easter and Anstruther-Wester are separated by a small stream called Dreel Burn.{{sfnp|''EB''|1911}}

Local tradition states that early in the 12th century, [[Alexander I of Scotland]] granted the lands of Anstruther to a William de Candela. However, no records survive of this original grant, and the earliest recorded lord of Anstruther was mentioned in a charter of 1225. There have been several theories as to the origin of the, possibly mythical, William, but recent research has suggested he may have been a Norman from Italy. There is evidence that [[William the Conqueror]] sought assistance from William, Count of Candela. He sent his son (or possibly his grandson). It may be this was the William de Candela, who received the grant of land from Alexander.<ref name="scotclans">{{cite web|url=http://www.scotclans.com/scottish_clans/clan_anstruther/history.html|title=Clan Anstruther - ScotClans - Scottish Clans|access-date=13 September 2013|archive-date=3 December 2008|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081203123034/http://www.scotclans.com/scottish_clans/clan_anstruther/history.html|url-status=dead}}</ref> William de Candela's son, another William, was said to be a benefactor to the monks of [[Balmerino Abbey]]. Balmerino was founded in 1229, long after the likely lifetime of this William. Land in Anstruther Easter, on which a chapel was built and now occupied by the Scottish Fisheries Museum, was gifted to Balmerino by another William, sometime in the 1280s. Both this suggestion, and the Italian origin theory are inaccurate. The de Candela family actually came from Dorset, coming to England probably from Normandy in or around 1066. The de Candela name was dropped by a later generation, in a charter confirming a grant of land to Dryburgh Abbey in 1225, Henry is described as 'Henricus de Aynstrother dominus ejusdem'. His son, also called Henry, was a companion of Louis IX in his crusades to the Holy Land and also swore fealty to Edward I in 1292 and again in 1296.<ref name="scotclans" />

In 1225, it took the intervention of [[Pope Honorius III]] to settle a teinds dispute between the monks of [[Dryburgh Abbey]] and the fishermen of Anstruther, suggesting that the fishing was sufficiently good to warrant arguing over.<ref name="Eunson">{{cite book |last=Eunson |first=Eric |title=Old Anstruther |year=1997 |publisher=Stenlake Publishing |location=Catrine, East Aryshire |isbn=9781840330007 |page=3 |url=http://www.stenlake.co.uk/books/view_book.php?ref=173 |access-date=13 September 2013 |archive-date=14 July 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150714142255/http://stenlake.co.uk/books/view_book.php?ref=173 |url-status=dead }}.</ref> In December 1583, [[James VI of Scotland]] gave the town the status of a Royal Burgh and trading rights, recognizing the importance of the port, called the ''draucht of Anstruther''. The bounds of the new Burgh were the "Silver Dyke" on the east, the low water line on the south, the Anstruther burn to the west, and the [[Kilrenny|Kylrynnie march road]].<ref>Donaldson, Gordon, ed., ''Register of the Privy Seal of Scotland'', vol. 8 (1982), pp. 272–273</ref>

[[James Melville (1556–1614)|James Melville]]'s diary provides a graphic account of the arrival of a ship from the [[Spanish Armada]] to Anstruther. Local tradition has long held that some of the survivors remained and intermarried with the locals.{{sfnp|''EB''|1911}} In the 18th and 19th centuries, the town was home to [[The Beggar's Benison]], a gentleman's club devoted to "the convivial celebration of male sexuality".<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/education/2002/jan/19/highereducation.historybooks|title=Libertines unite|first=John|last=Mullan|date=18 January 2002|newspaper=The Guardian}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.scotlandmag.com/magazine/issue48/12009546.html|title=Beggers and Jezebels : Scotland Magazine Issue 48|website=www.scotlandmag.com|access-date=1 December 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181202024715/http://www.scotlandmag.com/magazine/issue48/12009546.html|archive-date=2 December 2018|url-status=dead}}</ref>

By the 19th century, Anstruther-Easter, Anstruther-Wester, and Kilrenny were all separate royal and parliamentary [[Scottish burghs|boroughs]]. Anstruther-Easter held [[Tanning (leather)|tanning]], [[shipbuilding]], and [[salt fish|fish-curing]] establishments, as well as a coasting trade.{{sfnp|''EB''|1878}} In 1871, the royal burgh of Anstruther-Easter had a population of 1169;{{sfnp|''EB''|1878}} the parliamentary burgh, 1289. Anstruther-Wester held 484.{{sfnp|''EB''|1878b}} The Board of Fisheries constructed a new harbour in the 1870s,{{sfnp|''EB''|1878}} completed by 1877 at a cost of [[GBP|£]]80,000.{{sfnp|''EB''|1911}} By the [[First World War]], the communities were connected to [[St Andrews]] by the [[North British Railway]].{{sfnp|''EB''|1911}}

The [[Dreel Halls]] complex incorporates the former Anstruther Wester Town Hall, which dates from 1795,<ref>{{Historic Environment Scotland|num=LB36193|desc=Anstruther Wester Town Hall, Session House and Town Hall |access-date=6 August 2022}}</ref> while [[Anstruther Town Hall|Anstruther Easter Town Hall]] was completed in 1872.<ref>{{Historic Environment Scotland|num=LB36109|desc=Anstruther Town Hall |access-date=6 August 2022}}</ref>

[[Herring]] fishing remained a feature of the area until the mid-20th century when, after a record catch in 1936, the shoals mysteriously declined until the industry effectively disappeared by 1947.<ref name="Eunson" /> At one time, the town was well served by trains on the [[Fife Coast Railway]]. The line was closed to passengers in 1965.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.scotsman.com/arts-and-culture/end-line-remembering-fifes-glory-days-holiday-destination-1714581|title=The end of the line: Remembering Fife's glory days as a holiday destination|date=27 June 2010|newspaper=The Scotsman|access-date=6 August 2022}}</ref>

In the summer of 2018 a decision by Fife Council to build a new care home facility on the town's Bankie Park was reversed after a campaign by residents.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.thecourier.co.uk/fp/news/local/fife/710568/people-power-triumphs-as-beloved-fife-village-park-is-saved/|title=People power triumphs as beloved Fife village park is saved - The Courier|date=23 August 2018 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.fifetoday.co.uk/news/health/fife-mp-backs-calls-for-alternative-care-home-site-after-resident-backlash-1-4787963|title=Fife MP backs calls for alternative care home site after resident backlash|date=22 August 2018 }}</ref>

==Twinning==
Anstruther has been [[Twin towns and sister cities|twinned]] with [[Bapaume]], France since October 1991.<ref>{{cite web|title=Town Twinning|url=https://www.fifedirect.org.uk/topics/index.cfm?fuseaction=service.display&objectid=909a83ad-347e-4e30-828c-07b353b68048|website=www.fifedirect.org.uk|access-date=16 January 2018|date=29 July 2010|archive-date=3 January 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170103165242/https://www.fifedirect.org.uk/topics/index.cfm?fuseaction=service.display&objectid=909A83AD-347E-4E30-828C-07B353B68048|url-status=dead}}</ref>

==Bus services==
[[Stagecoach East Scotland]] operates two primary bus services which run via Anstruther.  These are:<ref>[https://bustimes.org/localities/anstruther Bus list]</ref>
* 95 from [[Leven, Fife|Leven]] to [[St Andrews]] via [[Pittenweem]] and [[Crail]]<ref>[https://tiscon-maps-stagecoachbus.s3.amazonaws.com/Timetables/East%20Scotland/Fife/ESCOT_Special_Fife_95_395.pdf Bus timetable]</ref>
* X60 from [[Edinburgh]] to [[St Andrews]] via [[Kirkcaldy]], [[Leven, Fife|Leven]] and [[Pittenweem]]<ref>[https://tiscon-maps-stagecoachbus.s3.amazonaws.com/Timetables/East%20Scotland/Fife/ESCOT_Special_Fife_X60.pdf Bus timetable]</ref>

==Notable inhabitants==
* [[James Anstruther]] (d. 1606) was a laird of Anstruther and a courtier, and his son [[Robert Anstruther (diplomat)|Robert Anstruther]] was a diplomat during the [[Thirty Years' War]]. Sir James Lumsden, a soldier of fortune under [[Gustavus Adolphus of Sweden|Gustavus Adolphus]] was born in the parish of [[Kilrenny]] about 1598.{{sfnp|''EB''|1911}}
* [[William Tennant (poet)|William Tennant]]'s poem "Anster Fair" concerns the town's celebration.
* [[Thomas Chalmers]], co-founder of the [[Free Church of Scotland (1843–1900)|Free Church of Scotland]], was born and raised in Anstruther-Easter, where his house has been preserved.{{sfnp|''EB''|1878}}
* The Goodsir brothers were born and brought up in Anstruther. They were [[John Goodsir]] (1814–1867), the anatomist;{{sfnp|''EB''|1911}}  [[Harry Goodsir]], surgeon on the ill-fated [[Franklin's lost expedition|Franklin expedition]],<ref>Kaufman MH. Harry Goodsir and the last Franklin expedition, of 1845. Journal of Medical Biography 2004; 12: 82–89</ref> [[Robert Anstruther Goodsir]] who travelled to the Arctic searching for him,<ref>{{Cite web|last=Freebairn|first=Alison|date=2021-01-04|title=Robert Goodsir and the Franklin graves on Beechey Island|url=https://finger-post.blog/2021/01/04/robert-goodsir-beechey-island/|access-date=2021-07-20|website=There Stood No Friendly Finger-Post to Guide Us|language=en-GB}}</ref> and [[Joseph Taylor Goodsir]], who became a minister and theologian.<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Donaldson|first=Ken|date=2020-06-17|title=John Goodsir and local opposition to Rudolf Virchow's election to Fellowship of the Royal Society of Edinburgh in 1868|url=https://www.rcpe.ac.uk/college/journal/john-goodsir-and-local-opposition-rudolf-virchows-election-fellowship-royal-society|url-status=live|access-date=2021-07-20|journal=Journal of the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh|volume=50 |issue=2 |pages=173–180 |doi=10.4997/JRCPE.2020.225 |pmid=32568297 |s2cid=219973063 |language=en|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200623172037/https://www.rcpe.ac.uk/college/journal/john-goodsir-and-local-opposition-rudolf-virchows-election-fellowship-royal-society |archive-date=23 June 2020 |doi-access=free|url-access=subscription}}</ref>
* [[David Martin (artist)|David Martin]] (1737–1798), the painter and engraver was a native of Anstruther.{{sfnp|''EB''|1911}} 
* Author [[Jessie Kerr Lawson]] (1838–1917) lived for a time in the town, and her sons [[Andrew Lawson|Andrew Cowper Lawson]] (1861–1952), geologist, and James Kerr Lawson (1862–1939), painter, were born there. Andrew discovered and named the [[San Andreas Fault]] and the mineral [[Lawsonite]] is named after him. The family emigrated to Canada where another son, [[Abercrombie Lawson|Abercrombie Anstruther Lawson]] (1870–1927), founding professor of botany at the University of Sydney, was born.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://digital.lib.sfu.ca/islandora/object/ceww:542|title=Lawson, Jessie Kerr|website=SFU Digitized Collections}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book|title=Andrew C. Lawson: scientist, teacher, philosopher|last=Vaughan|first=Francis E.|date=1970|publisher=A.H. Clark|isbn=9780870620973|location=Glendale, Calif.|oclc=133498}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/james-kerr-lawson|title=James Kerr-Lawson|website=[[The Canadian Encyclopedia]]|access-date=September 4, 2019}}</ref>
* Princess Titaua Marama, Chiefess of Haapiti in Polynesia lived in Anstruther from 1892 until she died there in 1898, aged 55. A blue plaque marks the house in which she lived.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.thecourier.co.uk/news/89791/blue-plaque-commemorates-anstruthers-fascinating-link-to-a-south-seas-princess/|title=Blue plaque marks Anstruther's fascinating link to a south sea princess|date=30 July 2011}}</ref> A book has been written about her life by the British-American author, Fiona J Mackintosh.<ref>{{Cite book|last=Mackintosh|first=Fiona J|title=From the South Seas to the North Sea}}</ref>
* [[Archibald Constable]], [[Walter Scott|Sir Walter Scott]]'s publisher, was born in the parish of [[Carnbee, Scotland|Carnbee]], about three miles to the north of [[Pittenweem]].{{sfnp|''EB''|1911}}
* [[R. H. Bruce Lockhart|Sir Robert Hamilton Bruce Lockhart]] (1887–1970), director-general of the [[Political Warfare Executive]] during [[World War II]], was also born in Anstruther.<ref>{{cite book|url=http://www.gwpda.org/wwi-www/BritAgent/BA01.htm|first=R. H.|last= Bruce Lockhart |title=Memoirs of a British Agent |publisher=Putnam|location=London|year=1932}}</ref>
* [[Belle Patrick]] (1895–1972), missionary was born in the town.
* Sports writer [[Graham Spiers]] hails from Anstruther. 
* It was the childhood home of [[BBC Radio 1]] [[disc jockey|DJ]] [[Edith Bowman]].

==Politics==
Traditionally, the two Anstruthers returned a single [[Member of Parliament (United Kingdom)|Member of Parliament]] (MP) together with [[Kilrenny]], [[Pittenweem]], [[St Andrews]], [[Cupar]] and [[Crail]].{{sfnp|''EB''|1878}}

Currently, Anstruther is in the [[North East Fife (UK Parliament constituency)|North East Fife]] UK Parliament constituency. The sitting member is [[Wendy Chamberlain]] of the [[Scottish Liberal Democrats]]. In the [[2017 United Kingdom general election|2017 General Election]], then-MP Stephen Gethins of the [[Scottish National Party|SNP]] retained his seat by a majority of only two votes, narrowly defeating the Liberal Democrat candidate Elizabeth Riches, a resident of Anstruther and former local councillor, after three recounts.

Anstruther is in the [[North East Fife (Scottish Parliament constituency)|North East Fife]] Scottish Parliament constituency. The MSP is currently [[Willie Rennie]], who won back the seat for the Liberal Democrats from [[Roderick Campbell]] of the SNP in the [[2016 Scottish Parliament election]] and retained it in [[2021 Scottish Parliament election|2021]]. For the purposes of the [[additional member system]] used to elect MSPs to the Scottish Parliament, Anstruther is in the [[Mid Scotland and Fife (Scottish Parliament electoral region)|Mid Scotland and Fife electoral region]]. In local politics, the ward of East Neuk and Landward (of which Anstruther is part) elects three councillors to [[Fife Council]] under the [[single transferable vote]] system.

Prior to [[Brexit]] in 2020, Anstruther was part of the [[Scotland (European Parliament constituency)|Scotland]] European Parliament constituency.

==See also==
* [[List of places in Fife]]

==Notes==
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==References==
* {{cite EB9 |mode=cs2 |wstitle=Anstruther-Easter |volume=2  |ref={{harvid|EB|1878}} |page=94 }}
* {{cite EB9 |mode=cs2 |year=1878b |wstitle=Anstruther-Wester |volume=2  |ref={{harvid|EB|1878b}} |page=94 }}
* {{Cite EB1911 |mode=cs2 |wstitle=Anstruther |volume=2 |ref={{harvid|EB|1911}} |page=85 }}

==External links==
* [http://www.anstruther.info/ Anstruther Community Website]
* [http://www.fifedirect.org.uk/Anstruther Anstruther on FifeDirect]{{Dead link|date=June 2020 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}

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