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Anstruther Burghs (UK Parliament constituency)

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Subdivisions of Scotland
  
County of Fife

Number of members
  
One

Created from
  
Anstruther Easter, Anstruther Wester, Crail, Kilrenny, Pittenweem

Major settlements
  
Anstruther, Pittenweem, Crail, Kilrenny

Replaced by
  
Crail, Kilrenny, Pittenweem, St Andrews Burghs

Anstruther Burghs was a district of burghs constituency of the House of Commons of the Parliament of Great Britain from 1708 to 1800 and of the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1801 to 1832.

It elected one Member of Parliament (MP).

Boundaries

The constituency comprised the burghs of Anstruther Easter, Anstruther Wester, Pittenweem, Crail, and Kilrenny, in the county of Fife.

In 1832, the burghs were combined with the Fife burghs of Cupar and St Andrews, which were previously components of Perth Burghs, to form St Andrews Burghs.

References

Anstruther Burghs (UK Parliament constituency) Wikipedia