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| LADY NAIRNE CRESCENT GROVE LOAN PLACE |
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Caroline, Baroness Nairne was a famous song writer. She wrote songs such as "The Rowan Tree", "Laird O' Cockpen", "Caller Herrin". She and her husband Lord Nairne came to live in Portobello in 1806 and soon after purchased Caroline Cottage, later called Nairne Lodge in Willowbrae Road now Lady Nairne Hotel. |
| LADYFIELD PLACE | - | An old street off Morrison Street. Derivation is not known. |
| LADYWELLROAD GARDENS | 15.12.558.10.64 | A spring known as the "Well of our Lady" was discovered in 1745 which brought fame to Corstorphine and turned it into a fashionable spa. The well was situated at the west end of Corstorphine High Street. |
| LAMMERMOOR TERRACE | 25.5.50 | Corporation Inch Housing. Names taken from Sir Walter Scott's Novels.See Ashton Grove |
| LAMPACRE ROAD | 11.10.28 | In the gable of the cast wall of the chancel of Corstorphine Church is a niche where a lamp was hung to guide travellers along the dangerous swampy tracks from the cast. To endow this light the "lamp acre", a piece of ground lying on the left bank of the Water of Leith at Murrayfield, was granted. |
| LANARK ROAD | - | Obvious. The road to Lanark. |
| LANG LOAN ROAD | - | Also known as Lang Loan which is purely descriptive of the distance one would have to walk along this loan to get from Gilmerton to Straiton or vice-versa. |
| LANGTON ROAD | 1938 | This street is situated on the estate of the Gilmour Family owners of the Liberton and Criagmillar Estate and is no doubt named from Langton House, in Gavinton Village, 2 miles S.W. of Duns. The present house was built in 1862. There does not appear to be a connection between the owners of Langton estate and the Gilmours but it is situated only 15 miles from the Gilmour's border estate near Earlston and the two families were no doubt on friendly terms which may have prompted the use of the name. |
| LAPISIDE PLACE | - | This street was constructed about 1827 to the rear of the former Leith Fort. It is shown in the Edinburgh Street Directory of 1855 as Lapside Place. Lap, To environ; applied to the surrounding of a place with armed men, in order to besiege. The name could have originated thus because Leith Fort was built to withstand a siege by Admiral John Paul Jones. |
| LARGO PLACE | - | The Boog Watson notes state that "Perhaps as enjoying a view of Largo in Fife" (I.R.) this may well be the case but in Leith and its Antiquities (Irons I page 144) it is stated that there was much local trade with Largo. In addition Sir William Wood, a famous Leith sea captain at the time of the wars with Henry VIII and Elizabeth I and commander of "the Great Michael" was a Largo man and lies buried in Largo Church. |
| LASSWADE ROAD BANK GROVE |
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The road to Lasswade the derivation of which is doubtful. It is said that a lass called Jennie ferried people over the River Esk on her back especially the local laird who once on her back would shout "right Jennie lass, wade." |
| LAURISTON FARM ROAD | - | Formerly part of Silverknowes Road. Named from Lauriston Castle known in 1593 as Laurenstoun. King David II gave lands to John Tennand in a charter. Lauriston Farm lies adjacent to the castle. |
| LAVEROCKDALE LOAN CRESCENT PARK |
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Named from Laverockdale House and the only reference to this name is in the writing of a past minister of Colinton Church about the village of Bonailie (Bonaly). "The distillery has disappeared, the skinnery its name is lost, having given place to the more poetic designation of Laverock Dale." The house would take its name from this source. |
| LEADERVALE ROAD TERRACE |
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Development by James Miller & Partners. These streets are constructed on the Liberton and Craigmillar estate which is owned by Sir John Gilmour who also owns an estate near Lauder. The streets were named from Leadervale House on this estate and through which the river Leader flows. |
| LEAMINGTON PLACE ROAD TERRACE |
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Possibly named from the English Spa of this name in Warwickshire the idea originating from the adjacent district of Montpelier. See also Montpelier - Part I . Montpelier, a city in the south of France and the area at Bruntsfield having been known as "The Montpelier of Scotland - a popular summer resort". |
| LEARMONTH AVENUE COURT CRESCENT PARK VIEW |
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Named from John Learmonth, Lord Provost in 1832, owner of the Dean Estate and who paid most of the cost of the Dean Bridge to open up his land for feuing. See also Learmonth - Part I |
| LENNEL AVENUE | 9.9.27 | The present owner of the Murrayfield Estate is Mr. Islay Campbell. His mother, now known as Mrs. Sitwell, owned the estate of Lennel, near Coldstream. |
| LENNOX STREET Dean |
- | Derivation not known but a good view of the Lennox hills may be obtained from here. |
| LENNOX ROW Trinity |
- | Built about 1877 on the estate of Trinity House, in Trinity which masters and mariners had invested money. Compare Stirling (Road), Zetland (Place), Lomond (Road). All found to be names of ships with a Leith port of registration at that time. The "Lennox" was built in Glasgow about this time. Mention should be made however of the Earls of Lennox who had much to do with the administration of affairs in Scotland during the 16th century. In "Leith and its Antiquities" (Irons) it is stated that in 1570 Matthew, Earl of Lennox established his headquarters in Leith. He was Regent at that time and his council chamber was known as that of Lennox, Marr, and Morton, at Coalhill. |
| LIBERTON BRAE DAMS DRIVE GARDENS |
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Argument exists about the correct derivation of "Liberton". One theory is that the name is a corruption of Leper Town, there having been a leper (or liper) hospital in the vicinity. Early manuscripts refer to Lipperton, supposed to mean "a place for lepers". Other sources say that the word "lipper" (Scots for leper) did not appear in the Scots language until much later, and the name is derived from the Old English - hilth beretum 'corn farm on a hill slope'. |
| LILYHILL TERRACE | - | A note exists in the Boog Watson notes written by other than Boog Watson "After the builders daughter". |
| LINDEAN PLACE | 17.11.66 | Formerly Waverley Place, renamed with effect from 15.5.67 because of duplication. Name fancy and was chosen as a pleasant sounding name by the residents. |
| LINDSAY STREET | 18.4.63 | Part of the Leith Fort redevelopment named thus simply because it was located off Lindsay Road. Named from William Lindsay, Provost of Leith in 1860. See also Lindsay Road - Part I |
| LINKS GARDENS GARDENSLANE GROVE |
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Formerly James Place, Place Lane, and Lane respectively renamed with effect from 4.5.66 because of duplication. All these streets are adjacent to Leith Links. See also Links Place - Part I |
| LISMORE AVENUE CRESCENT |
- | Built about 1907. Possibly named from Lismore Castle, the seat of the Duke of Devonshire. Compare adjacent streets, Kenmure, Glenlee and Scone, all noted residences. See also Glenlee Avenue. |
| LITTLE ROAD | 16.7.31 | Sir Alex Gilmour's daughter, Helen, married William Little of Over Liberton, nephew of William Little, builder of Liberton House. Name "Little Gilmour" became included in names of future generations of the Gilmour family owners of Liberton and Craigmillar estates. The Little family were a well-known family in Liberton. |
| LOANHEAD ROAD | - | The road to Loanhead. One of the main streets in the village is called The Loan, which probably accounts for the name. |
| LOANING CRESCENT ROAD |
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"Loan" means a path between fields. Loaning Road is part of an older road which ran from Restalrig Village, past Craigentinny House, through Craigentinny Meadows (now golf course) to a point on the sea-shore near the junction of the Promenade. |
| LOCH ROAD | 21.12.33 | Craigcrook Road was formerly known as Loch Road and this street no doubt took its name from this source. A loch did exist at the junction of Craigcrook Road and March Road which is now no more than marshy ground. The derivation is more likely to be from the following:- In 1659 Craigcrook was purchased by John Mein. His son, also John Mein, married 1662 Catherine, daughter of James Loch of Drylaw. |
| LOCHEND AVENUE CRESCENT DRIVE GARDENS GROVE PARK QUADRANT SQUARE |
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Lochend Road existing prior to 1925. It was divided into Lochend Road and Lochend Road South on 26.6.25. The derivation is that this is the part of the district of Restalrig which is at the loch end or the part which is near the loch, as opposed to the part nearest Calton Hill known as the Craig end. See also Lochend - Part I |
| LOCKERBY COTTAGES | - | Thomas Lockerby who died unmarried and left an endowment for the budding of these almhouses off Lasswade Road. |
| LOGAN STREET | - | The derivation cannot be definitely established. The street was built about 1909 and at that time all the property was owned by Thomas Anderson, 172 Easter Road. He may have had something to do with the naming of this street and chosen the name of Logan of Leith and Restalrig. See also Loganlea. |
| LOGANLEA AVENUE DRIVE GARDENS LOAN PLACE ROAD TERRACE |
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Committee decided on 18.2.32 that name "Loganlea" be used for this development as a variation of the name "Logan" - the old and historic Logan family of Restalrig, who in the 14th century had possession of the lands of Leith. The first of the Logans was Sir Robert Logan, baronial Lord of Leith whose castle overlooked the loch at Lochend. He was married to Katherine, daughter and heiress of Sir John de Lestalrig (1382) from whom the name Restalrig derived. |
| LOMOND ROAD | - | Constructed on the estate of Trinity House where some of the streets were named after ships with a Leith Port of Registration. See Lennox Row. Possibly named from Ben Lomond, a ship of the Ben Line. |
| LONGFORMACUS ROAD | 6.2.30 | Application for naming was made by Brig Gen Sir Robert Gordon Gordon Gilmour Bart on whose estate the street is constructed. Sir Alexander Gilmour M.P. for the County of Edinburgh 1698-1731 married Hon. Grizel Ross, daughter of Lord Ross. Their son Sir Charles Gilmour, M.P. in 1737, married in 1733 Jean 2nd daughter of Sir Robert Sinclair of Longformacus, Berwickshire. |
| LONGSTONE AVENUE CRESCENT GARDENS GROVE PARK PLACE ROAD STREET TERRACE VIEW |
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Named from the village of Longstone which was a separate community prior to the development of the city around it. It is said that a long stone existed here spanning the Water of Leith which was used as a bridge. |
| LONSDALE TERRACE | - | No definite evidence exists about the derivation of this name. Comparing adjacent streets however, Panmure Place (Earl of Panmure) and Brougham Street (Lord Henry Brougham) the street could have been named from the Earl of Lonsdale. However the street was built between 1850 and 1875 and the Earl of Lonsdale at that time was of no particular importance. Lonsdale Terrace, being close to the Royal Infirmery, could have been named from Henry Lonsdale M.D. a noted Edinburgh Physician (1816-1876). He was admitted to the Royal College of Physicians in Edinburgh in 1841. He was President Royal Medical Society. He made a noted contribution on Diphtheria and introduced in Edinburgh for the first time the use of Cod Liver Oil. |
| LYNE STREET | - | No derivation has been found for this street. It could quite simply be a fanciful name from the River Lyne. |