Anstruther Burghs | |
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Former Burgh constituency for the House of Commons |
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Subdivisions of Scotland | County of Fife |
Major settlements | Anstruther Easter, Anstruther Wester, Pittenweem, Crail, Kilrenny |
1708–1832 | |
Number of members | One |
Replaced by | St Andrews Burghs |
Created from | Anstruther Easter, Anstruther Wester, Crail, Kilrenny, Pittenweem |
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).
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.