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

Mary Joan Winn Leith in The Oxford History of the Biblical World believes that Ezra was an historical figure whose life was enhanced in the scripture and given a theological buildup.

In 1780, when plague was in Poland, even vessels with grain from the Baltic had to lie forty days in quarantine, and unpack and air the sacks ; but owing to remonstrances, which came chiefly from Edinburgh and Leith, grain was from that date declared to be a non-susceptible article.

The Falklands War was precipitated on 19 March 1982 when a group of Argentinians, posing as scrap metal merchants, occupied the abandoned whaling station at Leith Harbour on South Georgia.

Born in 1809 in Liverpool, England, at 62 Rodney Street, William Ewart Gladstone was the fourth son of the merchant Sir John Gladstone from Leith ( now a suburb of Edinburgh ), and his second wife, Anne MacKenzie Robertson, from Dingwall, Ross-shire.

The term Whig was originally short for ' whiggamor ', a term meaning " cattle driver " used to describe western Scots who came to Leith for corn.

Irvine Welsh was born in Leith, the port area of the Scottish capital Edinburgh.

His father was a dock worker in Leith until bad health forced him to become a carpet salesman ; he died when Welsh was 25.

On 12 September, Lord Dingwall had landed at Leith, reporting that " he had come in company with the Queen's fleet three hundred miles, and was separated from them by a great storm: it was feared that the Queen was in danger upon the seas.

* In 1970, Echuca resident Leith Ratten was convicted of murdering his wife.

After an English assault on Leith was repulsed with heavy losses, some of the leaders of the Lords of the Congregation came to Edinburgh Castle on 12 May 1560 and had dinner with Mary and the keeper of the castle, Lord Erskine.

The next day the talks ended as permission was refused for the French commanders in Leith to come to the castle to discuss the proposals with Mary.

In 1853, Smyth was responsible for installing the time ball on top of Nelson's Monument in Edinburgh to give a time signal to the ships at Edinburgh's port of Leith.

During one voyage in 1830 he was wrecked on the Scottish coast near Leith, as a result of which he came into contact with Edinburgh architect James Gillespie Graham, who advised him to abandon seafaring for architecture.

The name was given by railroad officials and comes from the city of Leith in Scotland.

This line was abandoned in 1984, isolating Leith as none of the primary highways in the area were constructed to go through the city.

It was known as the " Water of Leith Village " and was a successful grain milling hamlet for more than 800 years.

South Leith was the larger and was controlled by the lairds of Restalrig, first the Leiths and then the Logan family.

Further education colleges in the city include Jewel and Esk College ( incorporating Leith Nautical College founded in 1903 ), Telford College, opened in 1968, and Stevenson College, opened in 1970.

* Lime juice – Rose's lime juice was founded by Lachlan Rose in Leith on Commercial Street in 1868.

Glasite churches were founded in Paisley, Glasgow, Edinburgh, Leith, Perth, Dundee, Arbroath, Montrose, Aberdeen, Dunkeld, Cupar, Galashiels.

These included Grytviken ( operating 1904-64 ), Leith Harbour ( 1909 – 65 ), Ocean Harbour ( 1909 – 20 ), Husvik ( 1910 – 60 ), Stromness ( 1912 – 61 ) and Prince Olav Harbour ( 1917 – 34 ).

Non-league sides include Spartans and Edinburgh City, who play in the East of Scotland League along with Civil Service Strollers F. C., Lothian Thistle F. C., Edinburgh University A. F. C., Leith Athletic F. C., Tynecastle F. C., Craigroyston F. C.

Its main features are the main campuses of Dunedin's three public tertiary institutions, the University of Otago, Otago Polytechnic and Dunedin Teachers ' College, which are situated along the lower reaches of the Water of Leith.

This small stream flows from the southern slopes of Mount Cargill, through Bethune's Gully and along North East Valley before crossing the Botanic Gardens and connecting with the Leith.

:" From a Point on the Road from Leith to Queensferry which is distant Four hundred Yards ( measured along such Road ) to the West of the Point at which the same meets the Inverleith Road at the House called Golden Acre, in a straight Line to the North-western Corner of the Enclosure of John Watsons Institution ; thence in a straight Line to the Second Stone Bridge, marked No. 2, on the Union Canal ; thence in a straight Line to the Point at which the Western Wall of the Enclosure of the Lunatic Asylum at Morningside meets the Jordan or Pow Burn ; thence down the Jordan or Pow Burn to a Point which is distant One hundred and fifty Yards ( measured along such Burn ) below the Arch over the same on the Carlisle Road ; thence in a straight Line to the Summit of Arthur's Seat, thence in a straight Line to the Point at which the Feeder enters the Western Side of Lochend Loch ; thence in a straight Line to the Point at which Pilrig Street joins Leith Walk ; thence along Pilrig Street and the Bonnington Road to the Point at which the latter meets the Road from Leith to Queensferry ; thence along the Road from Leith to Queensferry to the Point first described.

Close to the street's northern end is the entrance to Woodhaugh Gardens, a major park, which lies to the west of George Street along the south-western bank of the Leith.

Hearts play at Tynecastle Stadium in Gorgie, while Hibs play at Easter Road Stadium, which straddles the former boundary between Edinburgh and Leith.

The destination of the trophy changed unexpectedly, with Celtic conceding late goals to Motherwell at Fir Park whilst Rangers led against Hibernian, requiring the helicopter carrying the SPL trophy to change direction and deliver the prize to the Easter Road ground in Leith.

Streets in Leith include Constitution Street, Great Junction Street, Henderson Street, Leith Walk and Easter Road, Edinburgh.

Hibernian Football Club have their stadium at Easter Road in Leith.

Easter Road is a football stadium located in the Leith area of Edinburgh, Scotland, which is the home ground of Scottish Premier League club Hibernian ( Hibs ).

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

The site had restricted access from Easter Road, a pronounced slope and was in close proximity to Bank Park, the home of Leith Athletic.

It is the southernmost street of Edinburgh's New Town, stretching around 1 mile ( 1. 6 km ) from Lothian Road in the west to Leith Street in the east.

Located on Leith Road.

It was on the road from Leith Wynd in Edinburgh and North Back of Canongate to Leith Walk and also to Broughton and thence the Western Road to Leith.

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.

Leith Docks were eventually reached on 1 September 1864 with the opening of a branch from Crewe Junction on the Granton branch to North Leith.

The Barnton branch originated at Craigleith Junction on the Leith / Granton line.

The line which was built originated at Newhaven Junction on the North Leith branch, and ran south east around the edge of Leith, before turning north towards a new terminus at South Leith and a spur from Seafield Junction to the eastern docks.

Later, during World War II, a connecting line was built between Seafield Junction and Meadows Yard on the LNER's South Leith branch.