- en.m.wikipedia.org Burgh of Leith(Redirected from Burgh of Leith). Leith (/liːθ/; Scottish Gaelic: Lìte) is a port area in the north of the city of Edinburgh, Scotland, founded at the mouth of the Water of Leith.
- edinburghnews.scotsman.com heritage-and-retro/…A century has now passed since the burgh of Leith was amalgamated with Edinburgh, but there are still plenty of clues that the port was once independent of the...
- route.wiki Edinburgh/LeithEdinburgh/Leith - district and former municipal burgh in Scotland. Looking over the Water of Leith Leith is the port district of the Scottish capital of Edinburgh...
- edinburgh-history.co.uk edinburgh-leith-…The burgh of Leith was for many years separated from Edinburgh itself and to this day retains it’s own identity.
- edinburghmuseums.org.uk leith-and-newhavenSome of the older collections came to the museum from Starbank House while others were transferred from Leith Museum Trust in 2003. ... The burgh of Leith.
- encyclopedia2.thefreedictionary.com Burgh of LeithFind out information about Burgh of Leith. Leith , former town, Edinburgh, SE Scotland, on the south shore of the Firth of Forth.
- edinburghlive.co.uk news/edinburgh-news/meet-five…As well as the exhibition, a book called The Past Lives of Leith explores what lif would have been like in the burgh 600 years ago.
- edinburghlook.wordpress.com 2008/10/07/persevere-…A boat in port of Leith and an old lamp-post with the Leith Port shield. Leith became a Parliamentary Burgh in 1833 (that is, a burgh upon which an elected...
- maps.nls.uk towns/reform/browse/2536Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons. Title: Report on the Burgh of Leith [contd.] Imprint: [London : House of Commons, 1832]. Shelfmark: Map Library.
- trulyedinburgh.com scotland-history/leith-the-…Discover the history of Leith, once an independent burgh, first mentioned in Holyrood Abbey’s foundation charter granted by King David I in 1128.
- allaboutedinburgh.co.uk leith-shore-edinburghIn 1827 Leith became a Burgh as Edinburgh was, this lasted for a short time as in 1920 Edinburgh took over.
- lawcarenigeria.com leith-burgh-provisional-order-…The Burgh of Leith being like other burghs in Scotland entitled to redeem its land tax made certain payments with that object.
- pinterest.co.uk pin/the-seal-of-the-burgh-of-…The seal of the burgh of Leith, which can be found on lampposts and buildings around the area.
- blog.historicenvironment.scot 2020/11/leith-in-…Though the fortunes of Leith and Edinburgh had been inextricably linked for centuries, Leith had been an independent burgh with its own town council since 1833.