- Leith (/liːθ/; Scottish Gaelic: Lìte) is a port area in the north of Edinburgh, Scotland, founded at the mouth of the Water of Leith and is home to the Port of Leith.
- Built in 1828 (Leith became an independent burgh in 1833) this was the original Leith Town Hall.
- Although possessing a somewhat exaggerated reputation for seediness and crime, Leith has been undergoing a major revival since the 1980s with many of the...
- Some 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.
- (redirected from Burgh of Leith) Also found in: Dictionary. ... As a strategically located port, Leith was the object of contention in several struggles.
- The former burgh of Leith makes up the nort eastern part of the city of Edinburgh. After slum clearances in the early 20th century...
- In 1827 Leith became a Burgh as Edinburgh was, this lasted for a short time as in 1920 Edinburgh took over.
- Subject_Provisional Order — Burgh Rates — Exemption from Burgh Rates in Favour of Harbour and Dock Commissioners — Repeal of Exemption — Leith...
- Leith has a long and rich history, and it was once a separate burgh (town) before it was incorporated into Edinburgh in the 1920s.
- 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.
- The burgh of Leith was for many years separated from Edinburgh itself and to this day retains it’s own identity.
- Title: Report on the Burgh of Leith [contd.] Imprint: [London : House of Commons, 1832]. Shelfmark ... View accompanying map of Leith.
- For those who enjoy a little background, Leith was an independent burgh until it merged with Edinburgh in 1920 (much to the outrage of Leithers who voted 26...
