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Edinburgh is the capital city of Scotland, a constituent country of the United Kingdom. City of Edinburgh may also refer to: City of Edinburgh (council area), a unitary district established in 1996 City of Edinburgh Council, the local authority body in the city; City of Edinburgh (1975–1996), a district of the Lothian region from 1975 to 1996
The City of Edinburgh had a number of wells, from which water could be obtained, and Nor Loch also acted as a source for water. Water was first brought in from outside the city in 1676, when a 3-inch (7.6 cm) lead pipe was installed from springs at Comiston, now a suburb to the south of the city. As more water was required, additional springs ...
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The date of Edinburgh's formation as a burgh is unknown, but it is referred to as a royal burgh from the reign of David I (reigned 1124–1153). The town council of the burgh was granted the right to appoint its own sheriff by James III in a charter dated 16 November 1482.
Sep. 21—RUSHVILLE — Personnel from the Rushville City Street Department will remove "heavy trash" items throughout the city on any given resident's normal trash collection day beginning Oct. 2 ...
Map of the city centre, showing the Old Town (dark brown), New Town (mid brown), and the West End (orange), with the World Heritage Site indicated by the red line Cockburn Street in Edinburgh The Old Town ( Scots : Auld Toun ) is the name popularly given to the oldest part of Scotland 's capital city of Edinburgh .
Haymarket (Scots: Heymercat, [1] Scottish Gaelic: Margadh an Fheòir) [2] is an area of Edinburgh, Scotland.It is in the west of the city centre and is the junction of several main roads, notably Dalry Road (which leads south-west to Gorgie Road and the M8 motorway to Glasgow), Corstorphine Road (leading west to the M8 and the M9 for Stirling and the north), and Shandwick Place (leading east ...
Based on a village formerly separate from the city; in this case, Granton on the Firth of Forth. EH5 extends inwards from the coast to Ferry Road. EH6 EDINBURGH Covers Leith, as well as Newhaven bordering it on the west. EH7 EDINBURGH The inner city area between central Edinburgh and Leith, and radiates out to Restalrig and Craigentinny. EH8 ...