Castle Street And Shore Street Anstruther East Neuk Of Fife Scotland

Tour Scotland 4K travel video of Castle Street and Shore Street on visit to Anstruther in the East Neuk of Fife. The streets on the waterfront are lined with a variety of dwelling and commercial buildings dating from the 17th and 18th centuries. The town of Anstruther is largest settlement in the East Neuk of Fife. It is situated on the coastal fringe on the A917 between Pittenweem and Cellardyke. At one time Anstruther had an anti pirate squad, it was also a lucrative picking ground for the Press Gangs of the Royal Navy. Anstruther was the capital of the herring fishing industry in Scotland during the winter months up until WWII when the herring shoals deserted the surrounding waters. The Barony of Anstruther consisted of the hamlet at the mouth of the Dreel Burn. It was created a burgh in 1541 with the right to build a harbour, and thirty years later when it was erected into a Burgh of Barony John Anstruther of Anstruther was authorised by James VI to build a harbour for fishing and trading vessels. The burgh chose an anchor as its coat of arms. The community grew to include fishermen, brewers, salt dealers and coopers. Although I now live in Perthshire, I was raised in Anstruther and Cellardyke.

Clan Anstruther is a Scottish clan that originated from the town of Anstruther, which was adopted as a familial name. King Alexander I of Scotland granted the lands of Anstruther to William de Candela in the early 12th century. There are a number of suggested origins for William but research points to the Normans in Italy. It is known that King William I of England sought assistance from William, Count of Candela, who sent his son. It is likely that this son was William de Candela, who received the grant of land from Alexander. William de Candela's son, also William, was a benefactor to the monks of Balmerino Abbey. The site now occupied by the Scottish Fisheries Museum in Anstruther was a gift from William. The next generation of the family, Henry, no longer styled himself, de Candela, being described as Henricus de Aynstrother dominus ejusdem in a charter confirming grants of land to Balmerino Abbey. Henry Anstruther accompanied Louis IX of France to the crusades and swore fealty to King Edward I of England in 1292 and again in 1296. In 1483, Andrew Anstruther of Anstruther confirmed the right to a barony and fought against the English at the Battle of Flodden in 1513 during the Anglo Scottish Wars. Andrew Anstruther married Christina Sandilands who was descended from Princess Jean or Joanna, daughter of Robert II of Scotland. His second son, David, fought at the Battle of Pavia in 1520 in the service of Francis I of France in the French Scots Regiment. This line ended with the death of the last Baron d'Anstrude in 1928. Andrew's great great grandson, Sir James Anstruther was chosen as a companion to the young James VI of Scotland, who appointed him Hereditary Grand Carver, a title still held by the head of the family today. In 1595 he became Master of the Household. William, the elder son of Sir James Anstruther, accompanied Sir James to London, England, following the Union of the Crowns in 1603 where he was made a Knight of the Order of the Bath. Sir James's second son, Sir Robert, served as a diplomat for both James I and Charles I. Sir Phillip Anstruther, the second son of Sir Robert fought as a royalist during the civil war, and received King Charles II at Dreel Castle after his coronation at Scone in 1651. Phillip Anstruther was later taken prisoner after the Battle of Worcester in 1651. He was excluded from Cromwell's Act of Grace and his estates were confiscated. They were restored to him after the restoration of the monarchy by Charles II. Phillip's brother Sir Alexander Anstruther married the Hon. Jean Leslie, daughter of the General David Leslie, Lord Newark. The Chief of Clan Anstruther is Tobias Alexander Campbell Anstruther of that Ilk and of Balcaskie, younger son of Sir Ian Anstruther.

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