- [H.L.] A bill intituled an act to confirm a provisional order under the Burgh Police (Scotland) Act 1892 to increase the number of magistrates in the burgh of Leith.
- There were many different types of burghs including royal burghs, burghs of barony and regality, parliamentary burghs and police burghs.
- The Public Ledger wrote in 1779 that Leith had voted ‘with Lord North, from whom he got his baronetage; but last year he wheeled about to the minority.
- cover page of Leith Burghs Pilot published on August 4, 1888. Explore this publication for FREE Look Inside. View Free Leith Burghs Pilot Pages.
- Extracts From the Records of the Burgh of Edinburgh, 1403-1528 . Ed. J D Marwick(Edinburgh, 1869), , British History Online .
- PERSONAL: Born June 9, 1937, in Gillingham, Kent, England; daughter of Frederick Clements Eldridge and Alice Milner; married Alex Leith, Lord Burgh...
- Leith Rugby club is a friendly and ambitious rugby club which has represented the burgh of Leith sinc.
- The Royal Burgh of Culross in Fife. ... The Council Chamber in Leith which ceased to be an autonomous burgh in 1920.
- Following local government reorganisation in 1975, the title of "royal burgh" remains in use in many towns, but now has little more than ceremonial value.