- 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.
- Although possessing a somewhat exaggerated reputation for seediness and crime, Leith has been undergoing a major revival since the 1980s with many of the...
- Built in 1828 (Leith became an independent burgh in 1833) this was the original Leith Town Hall.
- 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.
- Burgh of Leith synonyms, Burgh of Leith pronunciation, Burgh of Leith translation, English dictionary definition of Burgh of Leith. A district of Edinburgh...
- Second, North Leith was a portion of the Burgh of Regality of Canongate, the bailies of which were annually appointed by the magistrates of Edinburgh.
- 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.
- Leith became a Parliamentary Burgh in 1833 (that is, a burgh upon which an elected town council was imposed by Parliament in their reforms of 1832-33)...
- In 1827 Leith became a Burgh as Edinburgh was, this lasted for a short time as in 1920 Edinburgh took over.
- The burgh of Leith was for many years separated from Edinburgh itself and to this day retains it’s own identity.
- Leith has a long and rich history, and it was once a separate burgh (town) before it was incorporated into Edinburgh in the 1920s.
- Citations: [1907] SLR 44 – 287 Links: Bailii Jurisdiction: Scotland Scotland Updated: 15 April 2022; Ref: scu.610455.
- Title: Report on the Burgh of Leith [contd.] Imprint: [London : House of Commons, 1832]. Shelfmark ... View accompanying map of Leith.
