Leith

Leith is a place in Scotland, within the city of Edinburgh. It is a port.

Leith Media

Water of Leith, East Lothian
'Giant's Brae' on Leith Links
A late 16thC or early 17thC merchant's house, used latterly as a Day Centre for the Elderly. Tradition has it that Mary, Queen of Scots, on landing in Leith in 1561, was received into the house of Andrew Lamb where she was entertained "for ane houre" while Holyrood Palace was being prepared for her reception. As this building dates from later than her arrival, it has been conjectured that Lamb had an earlier residence on or near the site. In 2011-12 it was renovated as a house and office by an architects' partnership.
This tranced gateway (with some reconstruction on the left) is all that remains of Cromwell's fort at Leith. In 1656, Edinburgh was given the choice between paying for the building of this fort to control the trade of Leith or losing its jurisdiction over the port. The council advanced 60,000 pounds Scots towards its cost. When, after the Restoration, it became the property of the earl of Lauderdale, who threatened to create his own burgh of barony on this part of Leith, the council (i.e.
Royal Artillery at Leith Fort, 1846
King George IV landing at Leith
Old Town Hall, Leith, now a police station
Leith in the 1920s, from the Leith Improvement Scheme Photographs
The 'Porters Stone' from a 17th-century wine-merchant's house
Christian Salvesen harpoon gun on The Shore

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