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Anstruther, seaport and market town, on E. coast, of Fife, 8¾ miles E. of Thornton Junction by rail, pop. (comprising the parl. burghs of Anstruther Easter, Anstruther Wester, and Kilrenny), 4702; 3 banks, 1 newspaper. Market-day, Friday. It carries on tanning, shipbuilding, and fish-curing. There is a considerable sea-fishing and coasting trade, for the furtherance of which a new harbour has been constructed.
(John Bartholomew, Gazetteer of the British Isles (1887))
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| Feature Description: | "seaport and market town" (ADL Feature Type: "harbors") |
| Administrative units: | Fife County |
| Place: | Anstruther |
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