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See also:ANSTRUTHER (locally pronounced Anster) , a seaport of See also:Fife-See also:shire, See also:Scotland. It comprises the royal and See also:police burghs of Anstruther See also:Easter (pop. 'Igo), Anstruther Wester (501) and Kilrenny (2542), and lies g m. S.S.E. of St See also:Andrews, having a station on the See also:North See also:British railway See also:company's See also:branch See also:line from See also:Thornton Junction to St Andrews. The See also:chief See also:industries include See also:coast and deep-See also:sea See also:fisheries, See also:shipbuilding, tanning, the making of See also:cod-See also:liver oil and See also:fish-curing. The See also:harbour was completed in 1877 at a cost of £80,000. The two Anstruthers are divided only by a small stream called Dreel See also:Burn. See also:- JAMES
- JAMES (Gr. 'IlrKw,l3or, the Heb. Ya`akob or Jacob)
- JAMES (JAMES FRANCIS EDWARD STUART) (1688-1766)
- JAMES, 2ND EARL OF DOUGLAS AND MAR(c. 1358–1388)
- JAMES, DAVID (1839-1893)
- JAMES, EPISTLE OF
- JAMES, GEORGE PAYNE RAINSFOP
- JAMES, HENRY (1843— )
- JAMES, JOHN ANGELL (1785-1859)
- JAMES, THOMAS (c. 1573–1629)
- JAMES, WILLIAM (1842–1910)
- JAMES, WILLIAM (d. 1827)
James See also:Melville (1556-1614), See also:nephew of the more celebrated reformer, See also:Andrew Melville, who was See also:minister of Kilrenny, has given in his See also:Diary a graphic See also:account of the arrival at Anstruther of a See also:weather-See also:hound See also:ship of the See also:Armada, and the tradition of the intermixture of See also:Spanish and Fifeshire See also:blood still prevails in the See also:district. Anstruther See also:fair supplied See also:- WILLIAM
- WILLIAM (1143-1214)
- WILLIAM (1227-1256)
- WILLIAM (1J33-1584)
- WILLIAM (A.S. Wilhelm, O. Norse Vilhidlmr; O. H. Ger. Willahelm, Willahalm, M. H. Ger. Willehelm, Willehalm, Mod.Ger. Wilhelm; Du. Willem; O. Fr. Villalme, Mod. Fr. Guillaume; from " will," Goth. vilja, and " helm," Goth. hilms, Old Norse hidlmr, meaning
- WILLIAM (c. 1130-C. 1190)
- WILLIAM, 13TH
William See also:Tennant (1784-1848), who was See also:born and buried in the See also:town, with the subject of his poem of " Anster Fair." See also:Sir James See also:Lumsden, a soldier of See also:fortune under Gustavus See also:Adolphus, who distinguished himself in the See also:Thirty Years' See also:War, was born in the See also:parish of Kilrenny about 1598. See also:David See also:- MARTIN (Martinus)
- MARTIN, BON LOUIS HENRI (1810-1883)
- MARTIN, CLAUD (1735-1800)
- MARTIN, FRANCOIS XAVIER (1762-1846)
- MARTIN, HOMER DODGE (1836-1897)
- MARTIN, JOHN (1789-1854)
- MARTIN, LUTHER (1748-1826)
- MARTIN, SIR THEODORE (1816-1909)
- MARTIN, SIR WILLIAM FANSHAWE (1801–1895)
- MARTIN, ST (c. 316-400)
- MARTIN, WILLIAM (1767-1810)
Martin (1737-1798), the painter and engraver; See also:- THOMAS
- THOMAS (c. 1654-1720)
- THOMAS (d. 110o)
- THOMAS, ARTHUR GORING (1850-1892)
- THOMAS, CHARLES LOUIS AMBROISE (1811-1896)
- THOMAS, GEORGE (c. 1756-1802)
- THOMAS, GEORGE HENRY (1816-187o)
- THOMAS, ISAIAH (1749-1831)
- THOMAS, PIERRE (1634-1698)
- THOMAS, SIDNEY GILCHRIST (1850-1885)
- THOMAS, ST
- THOMAS, THEODORE (1835-1905)
- THOMAS, WILLIAM (d. 1554)
Thomas See also:Chalmers (1780-1847), the See also:great divine; and See also:John See also:Goodsir (1814-1867), the anatomist, were natives of Anstruther. Little more than a mile to the See also:west lies the royal and police See also:burgh of Pittenweem (Gaelic, " the hollow of the See also:cave "), a See also:quaint old fishing town (pop. 1863), with the remains of a priory. About 2 M. still farther westwards is the fishing town of St Monans or See also:Abercromby (pop. 1898), with a See also:fine old See also:Gothic See also:- CHURCH
- CHURCH (according to most authorities derived from the Gr. Kvpcaxov [&wµa], " the Lord's [house]," and common to many Teutonic, Slavonic and other languages under various forms—Scottish kirk, Ger. Kirche, Swed. kirka, Dan. kirke, Russ. tserkov, Buig. cerk
- CHURCH, FREDERICK EDWIN (1826-1900)
- CHURCH, GEORGE EARL (1835–1910)
- CHURCH, RICHARD WILLIAM (1815–189o)
- CHURCH, SIR RICHARD (1784–1873)
church, picturesquely perched on the rocky See also:shore. These See also:fisher towns on the eastern and See also:south-eastern coasts of Fifeshire furnish artists with endless subjects. See also:Archibald See also:- CONSTABLE (0. Fr. connestable, Fr. connetable, Med. Lat. comestabilis, conestabilis, constabularius, from the Lat. comes stabuli, count of the stable)
- CONSTABLE, ARCHIBALD (1774-1827)
- CONSTABLE, HENRY (1562-1613)
- CONSTABLE, JOHN (1776-1837)
- CONSTABLE, SIR MARMADUKE (c. 1455-1518)
Constable (1774-1827), Sir See also:Walter See also:Scott's publisher, was born in the parish of Carnbee, about 3 m. to the north of Pittenweem. The two Anstruthers, Kilrenny and Pittenweem unite with St Andrews, See also:Cupar and Crail, in sending one member to See also:parliament.
End of Article: ANSTRUTHER (locally pronounced Anster)
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