
Tag: Toponymy


The thread about the Eleventh Day of Christmas; the Pipes of Pipe Street

The thread about the Tenth Day of Christmas; Lord Russell Place and why the City honoured this name

The thread about the Ninth Day of Christmas; the Lady behind Lady Fife’s house, well and brae and what she has to do with Primrose

The thread about the Eight Day of Christmas; who were the Maids of the Maiden Castle?

The thread about the Sixth Day of Christmas; the geese of the Guse Dub

The thread about a Christmas A to Z of Edinburgh and Leith place names (with two letters missed out!)

The thread about the little suburban “Jewel Carriageway”, how its curious street names came to be and what became of a lost mining village

The thread about an A to Z (almost!) of Edinburgh and Leith streets that are named after women

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