History of Leith, Edinburgh

St Anthony Lane c1900 (Now gone)

The area of St Anthony Lane 1822

Sir John Logan was under Sheriff of Edinburgh and from this the street name originates.

The house of the Logans of Sheriff Brae is shown on this 1822 map

The Burgess Close 17th/18th century

The area of Burgess Close 1822

Water Close c1900

The area of Water Close 1822

The Lintel stone from the meeting house of the Leith Carters from Muters Close. Now in South Leith Churchyard

Muters Close and the surrounding area 1822

The Coat of Arms of Trinity House

The Kirkgate and Trinity House c1900

Map of the Trinity House area 1822

A DEATH mask kept in a small Scottish museum was yesterday confirmed as that of Napoleon Bonaparte.

The post-mortem cast was presented to Montrose Natural History and Antiquarian Society just 18 years after the French emperor’s death in 1821 and is now in the Montrose Museum. for more click here

For 10 years I visited Edinburgh every August, stayed at the Balmoral Hotel at the north end of Princes Street, took Buster for his early morning walk up Calton Hill and ended our excursion in the Old Calton Burial Ground. We spent a few minutes among the graves of Scottish enlightenment, paid our respects to the statue of Abraham Lincoln, which celebrates the Scots who died fighting for the Union in the American civil war, and returned for breakfast, physically tired but spiritually refreshed. Not any more. A notice has appeared by the cemetery gate. It announces that acting under the powers conferred on it by the Scottish Civic Government Act of 1982, the Edinburgh Corporation has made it an indictable offence to bring a dog into a cemetery or churchyard. for more click here

Yardheads 19th century

The “Yardhead” area in 1822

Wellington Place c1900

Wellington Place-1822