Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for Leith, Water of

Leith, Water of, Edinburghshire; is formed by headstreams in Midcalder par., and flows 23 miles NE. to the Firth of Forth at Leith Harbour; the old vil. of Water of Leith, in W. suburbs of Edinburgh, is opposite the old vil. of DEAN: which see.


(John Bartholomew, Gazetteer of the British Isles (1887))

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Administrative units: Midlothian ScoCnty
Place names: LEITH     |     LEITH WATER OF     |     WATER OF LEITH

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