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ANSTRUTHER, seaport town and 2 parishes on south-east coast of Fife. The town stands at terminus of the East of Fife Railway, 23 miles east-north-east of Kirkcaldy ; comprises the royal burgh of Anstruther-Wester, the royal burgh of Anstruther-Easter, and the suburb of Oellardyke, or main part of the royal burgh of Kilrenny ; forms one continuous town, with slender breadth, along the coast ; has a head post office with money order and telegraph departments, 3 banking offices, a town hall of 1872, elaborate harbour works begun in 1866, and costing upwards of 60,000 till 1874, a notable and very ancient Established church, another Established church, Free, United Presbyterian, Evangelical Union, and Baptist churches, a public school with about 340 scholars, and 3 other public schools; figures notably in Dr. Tennant's Anster Fair, and was the birth-place of Maggie Lauder and the Rev. Dr. Chalmers. A railway to St. Andrews was begun to be formed in 1881. The burghs unite with 4 other Fife burghs in sending a member to Parliament. Pop. of Anstruther-Wester, 594 ; of An-struther-Easter, 1349 ; of Kilrenny, 2769. The parishes are Anstruther-Wester and Anstruther-Easter. Acres, 911 and 25. Real property in 1880-81 of landward part of Anstruther-Wester, 1664. Pop. of all Anstruther-Wester, 683.