Leith Local History Society

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Bridges

 
Old Leith bridge
 
Victoria Swing Bridge

Buildings

 
Ancient Signal Tower
 
Sailor’s Home in Tolbooth Wynd
 
Signal Tower at the Shore / Tower Street

Businesses

 
‘Crawford’s White Mice’
 
The harpoon (a reminder of the whaling industry)
 
The Leith Bank in Bernard Street
 
Roses Lime Juice
 
William Sanderson, distillers

Churches

 
South Leith Parish Church
 
North Leith Parish Church
 
St Ninian’s Chapel
 
St Thomas’s Church
 
1742 — Trouble in the Kirkyard
 
A Scandinavian connection

Docks

 
Imperial Dock

Education

 
Leith Nautical College

Fortifications

 
Leith Fort
 
The Citadel
 
Martello Tower
 
Old cannon found in Junction Place

Health

 
Leith Infirmary
 
American Hospital — 1918

Miscellany

 
Leith Police Court
 
An Astonishing Discovery
 
John Rattray, surgeon, Jacobite and golfer

People

 
Leith Heroes
 
The Battle of Trafalgar
 
Leith people from the past

Recollections

 
Great Junction Street memories
 
Great Junction Street ancestors
 
‘Of course we shouldn’t have...’
 
A summer outing in 1905

Research sources

 
Sources for research into the shipping of Leith
 
Records of Leith

Streets

 
The Leith burgh boundary at Pilrig
 
A view from Ferry Road
 
The Foot of Leith Walk

Transport

 
The first electric tram in Leith
 
A Leith tram

Timeline

 
Milestones in Leith history

Postcards

 
Historical postcards