Leith Burgh (Burgh) through time

Leith Burgh (Burgh)

Densities and rates of growth. Age structure: concentrations of young people, and of the old.

How people made their living: identifying farming communities, pit villages, mill towns and so on.

Formal status

The unit has had the following statuses:

Status	Abbreviation	Start	End	Authority
Parliamentary Burgh	PaBu	1833		The Scottish Archive Network, Scottish Archives Network Gazetteer
Police Burgh	PoBu	1851	1920	1851 Census of Great Britain, Population tables 2, Table [1] , 'Population Abstract'
Burgh of Barony	BuBa	1636	1862	The Scottish Archive Network, Scottish Archives Network Gazetteer

Lower level units

This unit contained the following units:

Name	Type	Start	End	Authority
EDINBURGH	Scottish Parish			1851 Census of Great Britain, Table [1], 'Population Abstract'.
LEITH	Scottish Parish			1901 Census of Scotland, Table 1_1, 'Scotland in Civil Counties and Parishes, the Parishes being in alphabetical order under each County and arranged in two sub-divisions: The number of Families, of Houses Inhabited, Uninhabited, and Building; the number of the total Population and of Persons of each Sex; the number of Persons aged three years and upwards, speaking Gaelic only, and Gaelic and English; the number of Rooms with Windows, for each Parish, on 31st March, 1901; and for comparison, the number of Families, Houses, Males, Females, and both Sexes, and Rooms with Windows in 1891'.

Higher level units

This unit was part of the following units:

Name	Type	Start	End	Authority
EDINBURGH ScoCofC	Scottish County		1920	The Scottish Archive Network, Scottish Archives Network Gazetteer
MIDLOTHIAN	Scottish County			1851 Census of Great Britain, Table [1], 'Population Abstract'.

Maps Census reports

How to reference this page:

GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, Leith Burgh (Burgh) through time, A Vision of Britain through Time.

URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/unit/10360705

Date accessed: 08th April 2026