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Pittenweem

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Pittenweem is a fishing village and civil parish in Fife, on the east coast of Scotland. [1]

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Anstruther

Anstruther (Ainster; Ànsruthair) is a small town in Fife, Scotland, nine miles south-southeast of St. Andrews.

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Augustinians

The term Augustinians, named after Augustine of Hippo (354–430), applies to two distinct types of Catholic religious orders, dating back to the first millennium but formally created in the 13th century, and some Anglican religious orders, created in the 19th century, though technically there is no "Order of St.

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Baptists

Baptists are Christians distinguished by baptizing professing believers only (believer's baptism, as opposed to infant baptism), and doing so by complete immersion (as opposed to affusion or sprinkling).

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Catholic Church

The Catholic Church, also known as the Roman Catholic Church, is the largest Christian church, with more than 1.299 billion members worldwide.

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Church of Scotland

The Church of Scotland (The Scots Kirk, Eaglais na h-Alba), known informally by its Scots language name, the Kirk, is the national church of Scotland.

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Civil parishes in Scotland

Civil parishes, as units of local government in Scotland, were abolished by the Local Government (Scotland) Act 1929.

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Dressing overall

Dressing overall consists of stringing international maritime signal flags on a ship from stemhead to masthead, from masthead to masthead (if the vessel has more than one mast) and then down to the taffrail.

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East Fife (UK Parliament constituency)

East Fife was a county constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1885 until 1983.

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East Neuk

The East Neuk or East Neuk of Fife is an area of the coast of Fife, Scotland.

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Fence Records

Fence Records was a British independent record label based in Anstruther and Cellardyke, Fife, Scotland, founded by musician King Creosote and run by The Pictish Trail until 2013.

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Fife

Fife (Fìobha) is a council area and historic county of Scotland.

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Fife Coast Railway

The Fife Coast Railway was a railway line running round the southern and eastern part of Fife, in Scotland.

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Fillan

Saint Fillan, Filan, Phillan, Fáelán (Old Irish) or Faolán (modern Gaeilge & Gàidhlig) is the name of probably two Scottish saints, of Irish origin.

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Firth of Forth

The Firth of Forth (Linne Foirthe) is the estuary (firth) of several Scottish rivers including the River Forth.

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Fishing industry

The fishing industry includes any industry or activity concerned with taking, culturing, processing, preserving, storing, transporting, marketing or selling fish or fish products.

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Fishing village

A fishing village is a village, usually located near a fishing ground, with an economy based on catching fish and harvesting seafood.

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Graham Manley

Graham Manley is a British comic artist.

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H. H. Asquith

Herbert Henry Asquith, 1st Earl of Oxford and Asquith, (12 September 1852 – 15 February 1928), generally known as H. H. Asquith, was a British statesman of the Liberal Party who served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1908 to 1916.

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Herring

Herring are forage fish, mostly belonging to the family Clupeidae.

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High School of Dundee

The High School of Dundee is an independent, co-educational, day school in Dundee, Scotland which provides nursery, primary and secondary education to just over one thousand pupils.

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Ian Stewart (musician)

Ian Andrew Robert Stewart (18 July 1938 – 12 December 1985) was a Scottish keyboardist and co-founder of the Rolling Stones.

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Isle of May

The Isle of May is located in the north of the outer Firth of Forth, approximately off the coast of mainland Scotland.

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James V of Scotland

James V (10 April 1512 – 14 December 1542) was King of Scotland from 9 September 1513 until his death, which followed the Scottish defeat at the Battle of Solway Moss.

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John Douglas (bishop of Salisbury)

John Douglas (14 July 1721 – 18 May 1807) was a Scottish scholar and Anglican bishop.

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John Paul Jones

John Paul Jones (born John Paul; July 6, 1747 July 18, 1792) was the United States' first well-known naval commander in the American Revolutionary War.

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John Smith (clockmaker)

John Smith (1770–1816) was a clockmaker born in Pittenweem, Fife, Scotland.

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Kirk

Kirk is a Scottish and Northern English word meaning "church", or more specifically, the Church of Scotland.

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List of fishing villages

This is a list of fishing villages.

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Lord Pittenweem

The title of Lord Pittenweem is a Scottish title of nobility.

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Maritime pilot

A maritime pilot, also known as a marine pilot, harbor pilot or bar pilot and sometimes simply called a pilot, is a sailor who maneuvers ships through dangerous or congested waters, such as harbors or river mouths.

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Member of the Scottish Parliament

Member of the Scottish Parliament (MSP) (Ball Pàrlamaid na h-Alba (BPA) in Gaelic, Memmer o the Scots Pairliament (MSP) in Scots) is the title given to any one of the 129 individuals elected to serve in the Scottish Parliament.

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Moschatel Press

Moschatel Press is a small press publisher producing artist's books and poetry collections.

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National Trust for Scotland

The National Trust for Scotland for Places of Historic Interest or Natural Beauty, commonly known as the National Trust for Scotland (Urras Nàiseanta na h-Alba) is a Scottish conservation organisation.

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North East Fife (Scottish Parliament constituency)

North East Fife is a constituency of the Scottish Parliament.

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North East Fife (UK Parliament constituency)

North East Fife is a county constituency in Fife, Scotland, represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament by Stephen Gethins since 2015.

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Pictish language

Pictish is the extinct language, or dialect, spoken by the Picts, the people of eastern and northern Scotland from the late Iron Age to the Early Middle Ages.

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Pittenweem (Parliament of Scotland constituency)

Pittenweem in Fife was a royal burgh that returned one commissioner to the Parliament of Scotland and to the Convention of Estates.

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Pittenweem Priory

Pittenweem Priory was an Augustinian priory located in the village of Pittenweem, Fife, Scotland.

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Pittenweem witches

The Pittenweem witches were five Scottish women accused of witchcraft in the small fishing village of Pittenweem in Fife on the east coast of Scotland in 1704.

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Port

A port is a maritime commercial facility which may comprise one or more wharves where ships may dock to load and discharge passengers and cargo.

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Prime minister

A prime minister is the head of a cabinet and the leader of the ministers in the executive branch of government, often in a parliamentary or semi-presidential system.

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Priory

A priory is a monastery of men or women under religious vows that is headed by a prior or prioress.

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Royal burgh

A royal burgh was a type of Scottish burgh which had been founded by, or subsequently granted, a royal charter.

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Scotland

Scotland (Alba) is a country that is part of the United Kingdom and covers the northern third of the island of Great Britain.

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Scottish Episcopal Church

The seven dioceses of the Scottish Episcopal Church (Eaglais Easbaigeach na h-Alba) make up the ecclesiastical province of the Anglican Communion in Scotland.

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Scottish Gaelic

Scottish Gaelic or Scots Gaelic, sometimes also referred to simply as Gaelic (Gàidhlig) or the Gaelic, is a Celtic language native to the Gaels of Scotland.

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Scottish Liberal Democrats

The Scottish Liberal Democrats (Libearal Deamocratach na h-Alba, Scots Leeberal Democrats) is a liberal and social-liberal political party in Scotland.

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St Andrews

St Andrews (S.; Saunt Aundraes; Cill Rìmhinn) is a town on the east coast of Fife in Scotland, 10 miles (16 km) southeast of Dundee and 30 miles (50 km) northeast of Edinburgh.

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St Monans

St Monans, often spelt St Monance, is a village and parish in the East Neuk of Fife and is named after the legendary Saint Monan.

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Tolbooth

A tolbooth or town house was the main municipal building of a Scottish burgh, from medieval times until the 19th century.

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University of Adelaide

The University of Adelaide (informally Adelaide University) is a public university located in Adelaide, South Australia.

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University of St Andrews

The University of St Andrews (informally known as St Andrews University or simply St Andrews; abbreviated as St And, from the Latin Sancti Andreae, in post-nominals) is a British public research university in St Andrews, Fife, Scotland.

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USS Bonhomme Richard (1765)

Bonhomme Richard, formerly Duc de Duras, was a warship in the Continental Navy.

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Waid Academy

The Waid Academy is a public secondary school in Anstruther, Fife.

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Waid Academy FPRFC

Waid Academy Former Pupils Rugby Football Club is a rugby union club based in Anstruther, Fife.

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Wallace Lindsay

Wallace Martin Lindsay, FBA (12 February 1858 – 21 February 1937) was an important classical scholar of the late 19th and early 20th centuries and a palaeographer.

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Walter Hughes

Sir Walter Watson Hughes (22 August 1803 – 1 January 1887)Dirk Van Dissel, '', Australian Dictionary of Biography, Volume 4, MUP, 1972, pp 440-441.

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Willie Rennie

William Cowan Rennie (born 27 September 1967) is a Scottish politician who has been the Leader of the Scottish Liberal Democrats since May 2011.

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Witch-hunt

A witch-hunt or witch purge is a search for people labelled "witches" or evidence of witchcraft, often involving moral panic or mass hysteria.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pittenweem

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