- Leith makes much of its historic independence from the city but its separate burgh council only came about in 1833.
- 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 last meeting of the Burgh of Leith Councillors took place in the council chambers as they had been since the creation of the Burgh of Leith Council in 1833.
- In 1827 Leith became a Burgh as Edinburgh was, this lasted for a short time as in 1920 Edinburgh took over.
- Unfortunately, the only known Leith Burgh Police personnel records are those of officers who transferred to Edinburgh City Police on 2 November 1920.
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- Alexander Henry Leith, 5th Lord Burgh was born on 27 July 1866.1 He was the son of General Robert William Disney Leith of Glenkindie and Westhall and...
- The laying of the foundation stone was seen as 'an obligation fulfilled' to the former Burgh of Leith by the Corporation of Edinburgh.
- Leith Burghs was a district of burghs constituency of the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1832 to 1918.