Monumental Record of South Leith Parish Church
Edited from the notes compiled by Sidney Cramer January 1963 and held at South Leith Parish Church.
with index
entries 1-6
entries 7-11
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November 30, 2008
Bid to find war’s ‘forgotten victims’
The newsreel pictures are grainy and blurred. There’s no sound. But the black and white film from Thursday 28 November 1918, which I have just been watching, still makes compelling viewing.
At first, the newsreel shows cheering crowds on board a ship as it docks in the Port of Leith. for more click here
November 29, 2008
Henry Cockburn, Lord Cockburn
Henry Thomas Cockburn (October 26, 1779 – April 26, 1854), was a Scottish judge and biographer, with the style of Lord Cockburn (pronounced Co’burn). for more click here
Cockburn Street-High Street, Edinburgh
(c) John Arthur
Properly “Lord Cockburns St” Reg. 6/2/1861. Imp. Map 1866 who vainly strove to preserve the beauty and interest of Old Edinburgh, leaving his name to the Cockburn Society. He died 1854. The street made 1859. Author of “Circuit journeys”. His bust at north entrance to street, o.& n.e. 1.282. A Company formed by Act of Parliament. “The Edinburgh Railway Station Access Coy” in 1853, which bough up, bit by bit, the necessary lands in the closes, which were demolished, and the street made, Reg. Made after Ord. Surv. 1852, 76 Reg 7/9/1860.
