- Leith Burghs was a district of burghs constituency of the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1832 to 1918.
- Leith was created a Burgh of Barony de novo in favour of the City of Edinburgh. The arms show the Virgin and Child seated in a ship with a cloud above.
- The laying of the foundation stone was seen as 'an obligation fulfilled' to the former Burgh of Leith by the Corporation of Edinburgh.
- The criteria for award of the medal appears to be only 'Volunteers', who were ordinarily civilian residents of Leith, and who had enrolled / enlisted during the...
- 1636 A Royal Charter finally established Leith a Burgh of Barony and Edinburgh’s superiority over all of Leith was reaffirmed.
- The constituency represented the parliamentary burghs of Leith, Musselburgh and Portobello. In 1918 Leith was included in Edinburgh Leith.
- rooftops of north terraces in West End wooded skyline above the Water of Leith gorge open sky beyond skyline, with the tops of spires.
- Leith Burgh. This page summarises records created by this Organisation. ... 1639-1920. Places: Leith, Midlothian. Functions, occupations and activities
- Lord North, however, had him created baronet of Burgh St Peter, Norfolk on 21 November 1775. By 1778 however Leith had become a fierce opponent of Lord...