- 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...
- The small burgh of Falkland, Fife, created a royal burgh in 1458 and a police burgh in the 1890s. The following list includes all effective burghs in Scotland from the coming into...
- (Redirected from Leith District of Burghs (UK Parliament constituency)). Leith Burghs was a district of burghs constituency of the House of Commons of the Parliament...
- 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.
- Edinburgh/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...
- The Burgh of Leith being like other burghs in Scotland entitled to redeem its land tax made certain payments with that object.
- Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons. Title: Report on the Burgh of Leith [contd.] Imprint: [London : House of Commons, 1832]. Shelfmark: Map Library.
- 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.
- Since the Burgh of Leith officially merged with the City of Edinburgh in 1920, Leith has staunchly continued to maintain its own individual character.
- The burgh of Leith was for many years separated from Edinburgh itself and to this day retains it’s own identity.
- In 1827 Leith became a Burgh as Edinburgh was, this lasted for a short time as in 1920 Edinburgh took over.
- 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)...
