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Portsburgh was a
burgh of
barony comprising two
discontiguous areas,
Wester Portsburgh and
Easter Portsburgh,
outside the city
walls of Edinburgh, Scotland...
- the
eastern part of
Portsburgh (Easter
Portsburgh),
which was
still part of the same
burgh at that date, the two
parts of
Portsburgh having their own administrative...
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before it was due to happen, a mob of more than four
thousand gathered at
Portsburgh, west of the city. They made
their way
across the Gr****market to the Cowgate...
- the
modern street of West Port is today, and
giving access to
Wester Portsburgh;
Bristo Port (Greyfriars Port,
Society Port),
built around 1515 on Bristo...
-
Potterrow purchased by the town
council and
erected into the
barony of
Portsburgh 1650:
Execution of
James Graham, 1st
Marquess of Montrose, by hanging;...
- just
before this
could happen, a four-thousand
strong crowd gathered at
Portsburgh, west of the city. The mob made its way
across the Gr****market to the...
- the
Burgh Muir and
other chapels at Newhaven, Low Calton, and
Wester Portsburgh.
After the Reformation, the size of the
parish was
reduced by the extension...
-
MacDonald Road
Electricity Generating Station (1899)
listed category C.
Portsburgh Square (1900) (with the City Engineer)
Creation of an
arcade at the front...
- over
control of
blocks at Tron Square, High
School Yards,
Potterrow and
Portsburgh Square. By 1901 they
controlled 24 blocks. In 1889 she took on the unusual...
- some
members responded by
establishing a "Praying Society",
meeting in
Portsburgh. This was one of many such
societies founded across Scotland around the...
