Old Leith Street Names

Names past and present before the changes

Here are the names of the streets that were in existence when we were children.  Some may only be known to you and your area.  So lets be having them.

A

Admiralty Street; Auchinleck`s Brae (Newhaven); Anderson Place; Annfield; Allan Street; Agnew Terrace; Albany Street;

Academy Street (Morton Street)

B

Bothwell Street; Baltic Street; Balfour Place; Balfour Street (John Furlong, Maureen Whitelaw); Buchanan Street (Karen Stewart); Burlington Street (Phil Glancy); Bonnington Road (Billy Shepherd); Bangor Road (Robert Wallace, Frank Condie, John Helliwell, Reg Ollay); Bangor Lane; Breadalbane Street; Bowling Green Street (Carol Ford); Broad Wynd; Brickwork Close; Bridge Street; Burns Street; Bernard Street; Bathfield Road; Burns Place; Ballantyne Road; Bath Street;

C

Cadiz Street (Bill Macrae); Cables Wynd (John Stewart); Coalhill; Constitution Street; Commercial Street; Coburg Street (Norma Brodie and Ruth McClounnan); Coatfield Lane; Crown Street; Cornhill Terrace; Corunna Place; Charlotte Street (now Queen Charlotte St.); Crown Place; Cuddy`s Brae; Craigmont Brae; Craighall Road; Corporation Buildings (Mary Anderson nee Lynch, ?? Robertson); Citadel Lane; Couper Street;

D

Duke Street (Bobby Emlay); Dalmeny Street; Dock Street; Dock Place; Dickson Street; Dudley Avenue; Darlings Brae; Duncan Street; Drum Terrace; Dudley Gardens (Margo Fallis);

E

Elbe Street; Easter Road (Monty Currie, Jessie {Berry} Newlands); East Cromwell Street (Alex Sandie, Betty O`Connor, nee Thomson);

F

Fox Street; Ferrier Street; Ferry Road; Fingzies Place; Foxes Lane; Fort Place; Fishmarket Square (Newhaven); Finlay Gardens; Finlay Avenue;

G

Giles Street (Norma McFarlane); Great Junction Street (Jim Laidlaw); Gordon Street; Glover Street (Jimmy Duncan); Graham Street; George Street (Moira Kloos); Gladstone Place;

H

Henderson Street; Henderson Gardens; Halmyre Street; Hawkhill; Hawthornvale (Harry Summers); Hermitage Park; Hope Street; Hamilton Street;

I

Iona Street (Jack Rippington); Industry Lane;

J

Jane Street; Junction Place; Jamieson Place; Janefield Place; Johnston Street;

K

Keddie Gardens; Kirkgate; Kirk Street;

L

Lochend Road; Lorne Street; Lorne Place; Lapicide Place (Morty Grant); Links Place; Laurie Street; Largo Place (Moira Courtney); London Row; Lindsay Road; Lochend Avenue; Leith Walk (Jim Hall);

M

Mill Lane; Morton Street (now Academy St); Main Street (Newhaven) (Magnus Ganson); Manderston Street; Madeira Street (Graham Whyte); Market Street; Mitchell Street;

N

North Junction Street; North Fort Street; Newhaven Road (Roy Cummings); Noble Place;

O

P

Pirie Street; Portland Place; Prince Regent Street; Pilrig Street; Primrose Street (Peter Sellar); Parliament Street; Poplar Lane; Parliament Square (Broad Pavement); Pitt Street; Pirniefield;

Q

Quality Street; Queen Street; Queen Charlotte Street (Once Charlotte Street)

R

Ryehill Terrace; Riddles Close; Restalrig Road (Jean Durie); Rossie Place;

S

Springfield Street (Laureen Traynor); Steads Place; Salamander Street; Summerside Place; Sherrif Brae; Sandport Street; St Andrew Street; St John`s Place (Bay of Biscay?); Spiers Place; St Anthony Lane; St James Place; Stanwell Place; Stanley Road; Storries Alley; Smith`s Place; Seafield Road; Sleigh Drive; South Fort Street; Summerfield Street (Andrew Brodie); Sloan Street:

T

Thorntree Street; Timber Bush; Tennent Street (Alex Wallace & Tom Wallace); Tolbooth Wynd (Gladys Boyd); The Shore; Tabernacle Court; Trafalgar Street; Trafalgar Lane; Turners Green; Tower Street;

U

Union Street;

V

Vinegar Close; Victoria Shipyard, West Pier;

W

Willowbank Row; Wellington Place; Wilkie Place; West Bowling Green Street; Water Street (now Maritime St.)  West Cromwell Street; White Wash;

Y

Yardheads;

Z

Zetland Place;

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