Kilrenny, Anstruther Easter and Anstruther Wester was a

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and small burgh in Fife,

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from 1930 to 1975. The burgh was formed by the amalgamation of three neighbouring royal burghs of

Kilrenny Kilrenny ( gd, Cill Reithnidh) is a village in Fife, Scotland. Part of the East Neuk, it lies immediately to the north of (but inland and separate from) Anstruther on the south Fife coast. The first element of the name is from the Scottish G ...

Anstruther Easter Anstruther ( sco, Ainster or Enster ; gd, Ànsruthair) is a small coastal resort town in Fife, Scotland, situated on the north-shore of the Firth of Forth and south-southeast of St Andrews. The town comprises two settlements, Anstruther Eas ...

and

Anstruther Wester Anstruther ( sco, Ainster or Enster ; gd, Ànsruthair) is a small coastal resort town in Fife, Scotland, situated on the north-shore of the Firth of Forth and south-southeast of St Andrews. The town comprises two settlements, Anstruther Eas ...

by the

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. The three merging towns had all received royal burgh status between 1578 and 1583. In 1975 the small burgh was abolished by the Local Government (Scotland) Act 1973, and the area of the burgh was included in the North East Fife District of Fife

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. In 1996 the district was abolished and the towns are now located in the unitary

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of Fife. Kilrenny Anstruther and District

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has been formed to represent the towns and surrounding area.

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