• Leith has been an active port for at least a thousand years. In 1329 control of it was given by Robert I to the Royal Burgh of Edinburgh and since then the two have...
  • The laying of the foundation stone was seen as 'an obligation fulfilled' to the former Burgh of Leith by the Corporation of Edinburgh.
  • Leith (/liːθ/; Scottish Gaelic: Lìte) is a port area in the north of Edinburgh, Scotland, founded at the mouth of the Water of Leith.
  • 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.
  • Leith Burghs was a district of burghs constituency of the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1832 to 1918.
  • The Leith Burghs' Shield was a tie played between Leith (formerly Leith Athletic) and Leith Amateurs for a trophy presented by Sir Richard Mackie.
  • LEITH, a municipal and parliamentary burgh of Midlothian, the chief seaport of the east coast of Scotland, 134 miles north by east of Edinburgh...
  • Leith Burgh. This page summarises records created by this Organisation. ... 1639-1920. Places: Leith, Midlothian. Functions, occupations and activities