Kilrenny and Anstruther Burgh Collection

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The Burgh Collection is a local heritage society and community archive - we collect, store, publish and exhibit material related to Anstruther, Cellardyke and Kilrenny, past and present.

Sharing Our Stories Attention all groups/clubs/societies in the East NeukAre you planning a programme of meetings for 20...
24/06/2026

Sharing Our Stories

Attention all groups/clubs/societies in the East Neuk

Are you planning a programme of meetings for 2026-27?

With our outreach sessions we can visit your meeting to share pictures and objects from our Collection with your group. We can bring themed or general items to share their stories, and we invite your members to bring items and photographs from their own family history, or historic items associated with your group or activity. Contact us for more information. [email protected]

Today is the 35th anniversary of the blaze which destroyed Chalmers Church. So many photographs in our collection can be...
01/05/2026

Today is the 35th anniversary of the blaze which destroyed Chalmers Church. So many photographs in our collection can be roughly dated as to whether the Anstruther skyline is dominated by the massive building and spire. Almost nothing from the interior could be saved (although we do have a gas bracket!). The stained glass roundels had been removed and installed in St Ayle/ St Adrians East Neuk Church.

We were pleased to share our resources and recollection of the Regal cinema with Isabella and Willa, students in the Dep...
13/04/2026

We were pleased to share our resources and recollection of the Regal cinema with Isabella and Willa, students in the Dept. of Film Studies , Univ. of St. Andrews. One thing we were strangely hazy about was whether smoking was allowed and if the kiosk sold ci******es?
(PS the red item in the foreground is not a royal robe but the curtains rescued from the Empire Cinema !)

Mary Latto, Robert Moncrieff's wife had her photo taken with her two surviving children, Euphemia and William (who is A...
09/04/2026

Mary Latto, Robert Moncrieff's wife had her photo taken with her two surviving children, Euphemia and William (who is Alex Watson's. grandfather) at J.S. Ireland's studio on Shore Street. The bill for '9 small photos' was 5/-, which was paid on 4 Nov. 1893.

(See previous posts about J.S Ireland, who operated from the studio from 1889 until it burnt down in 1906.)

Alex Watson found a stash of old bills and invoices, from Cellardyke and Anstruther businesses, in the bottom of his Mon...
09/04/2026

Alex Watson found a stash of old bills and invoices, from Cellardyke and Anstruther businesses, in the bottom of his Moncrieff family's grandfather clock This one, from J. Butters , 7-11 John Street, Cellardyke covering the period Sept-Dec 1904 is typical, detailing each item and giving confirmation that the bill is paid. This was done by the shopkeeper signing over a penny stamp (in this case with the image of Edward VII , which first went on sale in 1902, after he succeeded Queen Victoria. Note that the bill is made out to Robert Moncrieff Latto - Mary Latto was his wife, and the use of a maiden name was used to distinguish between other customers of the same name.

Spent a fascinating hour with Alex Watson going through a collection of family photos and documents. His great - grandfa...
09/04/2026

Spent a fascinating hour with Alex Watson going through a collection of family photos and documents. His great - grandfather was Robert Moncrieff, Skipper of the White Queen. (Robert is 5th from left below ) . The boat was originally built as a yacht in 1897 for Mr J Gordon Stewart, Calcutta. It is thought that the name refers to the Scottish missionary Mary Slessor who was sometimes referred to as the 'White Queen of Calabar' (or 'of Okoyong')

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Anstruther
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