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Including maps, statistical trends and historical descriptions.
Our historical statistics are always for precisely defined areas, usually administrative units, not "places". We know about the following units named after Leith. Each has its own "home page" with much more information. Click on a tick to go directly to a particular statistical theme.
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Leith O41area |
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Leith Burgh |
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Leith ScoP |
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West Leith ScoWard |
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Central Leith ScoWard |
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Be careful! A unit may cover just the town or village, but it may include a big surrounding area. For example, in England and Wales rural districts units with RD or RSD suffixes may even exclude the places they are named after. The "Units covering this place" tab lists units whose boundaries contained Leith.
Election results are available for these constituencies associated with Leith.
Constituencies | Start Date | End Date |
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Leith DistBCon | 1832 | 1918 |
Leith BurCon | 1918 | 1948 |
Edinburgh Leith BCon | 1949 | 1996 |
Additional constituencies that covered Leith may be listed on the "Units covering this place" tab.
This website includes information on many different historical units, including census data and other statistics. The boundaries of these units covered Leith:
Administrative Area: | Popu- lation |
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Click on a tick for direct access to that theme.
Election results are available for these constituencies which covered Leith.
Constituencies | Start Date | End Date |
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Leith DistBCon | 1832 | 1917 |
Leith BurCon | 1918 | 1948 |
Edinburgh Leith BCon | 1949 | 1996 |
Edinburgh North and Leith BCon | 1997 | 2009 |
Please note that these units are listed here because their boundaries covered the point location we hold for Leith. You can search for units that covered the particular location you are interested in by typing a postcode into our home page, or by using our Historic maps section, zooming in, selecting the Information option, and then clicking on your location. Units will also not be listed here if we hold no computerised boundaries for them, such as Registration sub-Districts and Sanitary Districts.