Volume contents
| List of names as written | Various modes of spelling | Authorities for spelling | Situation | Description remarks |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Site of TOWN WALL | Site of Town Wall Site of Town Wall Site of Town Wall |
Doctor Robertson Mr. Hutchison Mr. Mason |
This wall or fortification was raised by General D'esse in the years 1559 and 1560, previous, to the siege, by the Lords, of the congregation, and the English Army, under Earl Grey, The wall consisted of a large bank, made of boulders, covered with earth, outside of which, was a deep ditch, filled with water, Campbell in his history of Leith says. "that the Walls of Leith were both of great height and strenght is, we thinK made sufficiently evident, by the circumstance of the siege in 1560, as well as, from the various unsuccessful attempts, which were made on other occasions, to carry the town by storm, The rampart or wall was of an octangonal form with eight [continued on page 28] |
Continued entries/extra info
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Parish of South Leith
Transcriber's notes
This Name Book refers to Edinburgh 1852 - Sheet 16
OS large scale Scottish town plans, 1847-1895 - Scale: 1:1:1056
Ordnance Survey - Midlothian county, OS Name Books - Midlothian county - Volume 87 - Parishes of North Leith, South Leith and St Cuthberts, OS1/11/87
This volume contains place name information from the parishes of North Leith, South Leith, and St Cuthberts.
Ordnance Survey - Midlothian county
Ordnance Survey was established in the 18th century to create maps, surveys and associated records for the entirety of Great Britain. These records are arranged by county. This entry has been created to enable searching for Ordnance Survey records for the county of Midlothian, which is in the east of Scotland. The boundaries of the county were altered by the Boundary Commissioners in 1891.