Tour Scotland 4K Spring Easter Holiday Weekend travel video of the Marina at the inner harbour in Anstruther on ancestry visit to East Neuk of Fife, Britain, United Kingdom. Although I now live in Perthshire, I was raised in Anstruther and Cellardyke. The Royal Burgh of Anstruther was created in 1587 and combines the neighbouring communities of Easter Anstruther, Wester Anstruther, and Cellardyke. Famous natives of Anstruther include Dr Thomas Chalmers, the first Moderator of the Assembly of the Free Church in Scotland. Another native was Lieutenant Andrew Waid, who left money to establish the Waid Academy for local education. Andrew Waid was born in 1736 in Anstruther and served as a Lieutenant in the Royal Navy. After retiring from active service he became a successful businessman in both Perth and Dundee. When he died in 1804, he left the bulk of his estate for the founding of a school for the sons of poor mariners and fishermen, to be known as Waid’s Orphan Academy. As set out in his will of 1800, he planned that the school, on his East Green property would train, from the age of seven, orphan boys in indigent circumstances to qualify as useful seamen of the British Navy. Waid served at sea when proper training was minimal, crews mainly being recruited via the press gang. However, as his inheritors were long-lived, his money did not become available until the 1880s, by which time, the value of the estate had risen dramatically to around £15,000. As the Royal Navy had, in the meantime, developed its own training scheme, in 1884, the Commissioners appointed under the Educational Endowments (Scotland) Act, proposed that the monies be used instead to found a secondary school for the East Neuk of Fife. On 6 September 1886, The Waid Academy opened for the first time. It was the first school in Scotland to be created under the 1882 Act and its constitution became a model for other schools which were created or changed as a result of the Act. The school continued, with periodic expansion, on its original site until 2017 when the new Waid Community Campus was opened, an entirely new facility but retaining its original founder’s name. The marina is filled with yachts these days which keeps the harbour alive as with the downturn in the fishing industry there are fewer of the larger fishing boats berthing in the harbour. There is approximately 400 metres of pierside berthing and 100 serviced pontoon berths for leisure craft. It is ideally situated for exploring the Firth of Forth or for a stopover whilst sailing the east coast. The Fife Coastal Walking Path, which passes through Anstruther, is a Scottish long distance walking footpath that runs from Kincardine to Newburgh. It runs for 117 miles along the coastline of Fife. The path would take around one week to walk completely from end to end. Of interest to folks with ancestry, genealogy or Scottish Family Roots in Scotland who may wish to visit one day. Find things to see and do in Scotland where you are always welcome.
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