The Congregation Lords made a truce with Guise and signed the Articles of Leith at Leith Links on 25 July 1559 which promised religious tolerance, then withdrew to Stirling.

' Giant's Brae ' on Leith Links

Two mounds on Leith Links, known as " Giant's Brae " and " Lady Fyfe's Brae ", identified as Somerset's Battery and Pelham's Battery respectively, are Scheduled monuments as artillery mounds created for the siege in April 1560.

However, the historian Stuart Harris is of the opinion, based largely on the contemporary Petworth map, that Pelham's Battery was built on the slope to the south of Leith Links and Somerset's Battery was located adjacent to the present Pilrig House.

He also notes that the " tradition " that these batteries were situated on Leith Links is spurious, going no further back than Campbell's " History of Leith " 1827.

Edinburgh's Leith Links has the highest concentration of mature elms of any U. K. park ( 2012 ).

* 1836-The Honourable Company of Edinburgh Golfers abandons the deteriorating Leith Links, moving to Musselburgh.

Remains of an artillery fort involved in the siege were found, in 2006, in Edinburgh's Pilrig Park, and two gun emplacements can be seen on Leith Links.

A majestic open-grown specimen ( bole-girth 3 metres ) in Claremont Park, Leith Links, Edinburgh, retains the dense fan-vaulted crown and great low lateral boughs iconic in the species.

Among mature survivors in city parks in the U. K. ( 2012 ) are six fine specimens in Leith Links, Edinburgh.

That the said Silver Arrow be shot for at the rovers in Leith Links, upon the second Monday of June yearly, at ten of the clock in the forenoon if the day be favourable ; and if not, that the shooting be adjourned to the next fair Monday.

The club's records date continuously back to 1744, when it produced thirteen " Rules of Golf " for its first competition which was played at Leith Links for the " Silver Club ".

The club played on the five holes at Leith Links for nearly a century, but overcrowding forced a move in 1836 to Musselburgh Old Course's 9-hole Old Course.

In terms of wards used in elections to the City of Edinburgh Council, 1999 to 2007, it includes the wards of Craigmillar, Duddingston, Holyrood, Leith Links, Meadowbank, Milton, Mountcastle, Portobello, Prestonfield, Restalrig, Southside and Tollcross.

Mature specimens survive today amid diseased native elm near Torpoint in Cornwall ; others can be found in Edinburgh ( The Meadows, Leith Links, and Powderhall Road ), London ( Riverside Walk, near Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, and at Peckham and Tooting ), Chelmsford ( beside the Chelmer at the Rivermead Campus ), Brighton & Hove, and near St. Albans.

In terms of wards used in elections to the City of Edinburgh Council and the East Lothian Council, 1999 to 2007, the constituency included the Edinburgh wards of Craigmillar, Duddingston, Leith Links, Meadowbank, Milton, Mountcastle, Portobello, and Restalrig, and the five East Lothian wards of Musselburgh Central, Musselburgh East, Musselburgh North, Musselburgh South and Musselburgh West.

Stockbridge and the waterfront at Leith are also increasingly fashionable areas, with a number of pubs, clubs and restaurants.

Edinburgh was also home to senior sides St Bernard's, and Leith Athletic.

To the south west of the town is Leith Hill, also owned by the National Trust, the second highest point in the south east of England after Walbury Hill.

In June 1560, the Siege of Leith ended with the departure of the French troops in accordance with the Treaty of Leith ( also known as the Treaty of Edinburgh ).

Leith's gradual revival was also helped by the decision of the then Scottish Office to site their new offices in Leith Docks ( just north of the old infilled East Dock ).

Rennie was also responsible for designing and building docks at Hull, Liverpool, Greenock, London ( London, East India and West India docks ), and Leith and improving the harbours and dockyards at Chatham, Devonport, Portsmouth, Holyhead, Ramsgate and Sheerness.

Easter Road is also known by Hibs fans as " The Holy Ground " or " The Leith San Siro ".

The town was also the home of NHL Hall-of-Fame goaltender Harry Lumley and the artist Tom Thomson ( buried in the nearby village of Leith ).

In 1572 the acts of 1560 were finally approved by the young James VI, but the Concordat of Leith also allowed the crown to appoint bishops with the church's approval.

Braid was apprenticed to Leith surgeons Charles Anderson ( i. e., both the father and the son ), and attended the University of Edinburgh from 1812 – 1814, where he was also influenced by Thomas Brown, M. D.

In 1572 the acts of 1560 were finally approved by the young James VI, but under pressure from many of the nobles the Concordat of Leith also allowed the crown to appoint bishops with the church's approval.

He also unveils his recent ambition, to write a history of Leith.

The BGC cooperates with the National Association of Evangelicals led by President Leith Anderson ( who also pastors the BGC Wooddale Church ), the Baptist Joint Committee for Religious Liberty, and the Baptist World Alliance, and was a charter member of the Evangelical Council for Financial Accountability.

Drummer Bob Leith also made significant contributions to the album's lyrics.

The following day the detachment in Leith Harbour commanded by Captain Alfredo Astiz also surrendered.

She also stood as candidate for Edinburgh Leith and Edinburgh Central in the 1992 and 1997 UK General Elections respectively.

In contrast to the earlier version the ' C ' Division was a curious amalgamation of minor clubs and reserve teams: in its first season it was made up of the first teams of ( promoted as champions ), Leith Athletic ( also promoted ), East Stirlingshire, Forfar Athletic,, and.

The Glenmorangie Company also owns the Ardbeg Distillery on Islay and The Scotch Malt Whisky Society based in Leith, Edinburgh.

Ivor's wife Leith, and their children Levon, Tabor and Cordeliane also play important parts.

The Treaty of Edinburgh ( also known as the Treaty of Leith ) was a treaty drawn up on 5 July 1560 between the Commissioners of Queen Elizabeth I with the assent of the Scottish Lords of the Congregation, and the French representatives of King Francis II of France ( husband of Mary Queen of Scots ) to formally conclude the Siege of Leith and replace the Auld Alliance with France with a new Anglo-Scottish accord, while maintaining the peace between England and France agreed by the Treaty of Cateau-Cambresis.

The Water of Leith has become a local amenity, with a waymarked trail, the Water of Leith Walkway, running from Balerno via Dean Village to Leith.

Leith has played a long and prominent role in Scottish history.

In recent years Leith has undergone significant regeneration and is now a busy port with visits from cruise liners and the home of the Royal Yacht Britannia, Ocean Terminal, and administrative offices for several departments of the Scottish Government.

This was under a new company name of the Edinburgh Crystal Company but stood on the same site in Leith ( ironically this company has never truly been in " Edinburgh ".

Unfortunately, the plan to connect Ocean Terminal and the Scottish Executive building area by the new Edinburgh Trams by the Port of Leith tram stop has been shelved after dispute between Edinburgh Council and the contractors.

Leith has several notable historic churches, including North Leith Parish Church and South Leith Parish Church ( both of the Church of Scotland ), and St Mary's Star of the Sea ( Roman Catholic ).

Leith has a long history of idealistic social advances, many of which were the first in Scots history:

The harbour has now been dwarfed by the enlarged Leith Harbour.

He has been in several plays ; most recently, San Diego and The Ballad Of Crazy Paola and currently touring in the musical, Sunshine on Leith.

Between these two escarpments the anticline has been subject to differential erosion so that geologically distinct areas of hills and vales lie in roughly concentric circles towards the centre ; these comprise the Greensand Ridge, most prominent on the north side of the Weald, where it includes Leith Hill, the highest hill in south-east England, the low-lying clay vales of the Low Weald, formed of less resistant Weald Clay, and finally the more highly resistant sandstones of the High Weald at the centre of the anticline, whose elevated forest ridge includes most notably Ashdown Forest.

Broxburn has regular links to Edinburgh, Livingston, Linlithgow, Edinburgh Airport and Leith.

For example, Leith Hersperax has initiative 9.

Mark Lazarowicz, ( born 8 August 1953 ) is a British Labour Co-operative politician who has been the Member of Parliament ( MP ) for Edinburgh North and Leith since 2001.

The organization is headquartered in Washington, D. C. Leith Anderson has been its president since November 7, 2006.

The brothers are fans of Hibernian Football Club, and " Sunshine on Leith " has become a club anthem, being played at home matches for important fixtures, such as the Edinburgh derby versus Heart of Midlothian FC, the club's city rivals.

The Leith merchants engaging him may have felt that these were unnecessary for a sealing expedition, yet Weddell has been criticised by such historians as David Walton for failing to take more instruments, not fewer.

It has been claimed that on a clear day, 13 counties can be seen from the top of Leith Hill Tower.

The canal has many aqueducts, including the Slateford Aqueduct that takes the canal over the Water of Leith in Edinburgh, the Almond Aqueduct near Ratho and the Avon Aqueduct near Linlithgow, the second longest in the United Kingdom.

Leith has been described as believing that his father was " The Evil Prophet ".