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    The siege of Leith ended a twelve-year encampment of French troops at Leith, the port near Edinburgh, Scotland. French troops arrived in Scotland by invitation...
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    Leith (/liːθ/; Scottish Gaelic: Lìte) is a port area in the north of Edinburgh, Scotland, founded at the mouth of the Water of Leith. The earliest surviving...
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  • the Reformation Crisis. During the ensuing Siege of Leith, French troops fortified the port and town of Leith against an English and Scottish Protestant...
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  • Little France (category Areas of Edinburgh)
    siege of Leith: a further study of the map of the siege in 1560" (PDF). Proceedings of the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland. 121: 360–368. Map of the...
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    William Wynter (category Year of birth uncertain)
    and then supported the English army brought in by the Treaty of Berwick to the Siege of Leith. He burnt seven ships under d'Elbouf; not only that, all supplies...
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  • of Edinburgh (1544) Battle of Ancrum Moor (1545) Battle of Pinkie (1547) Broughty Castle (1547–1550) Sieges of Haddington (1548–1549) Siege of Leith (1560)...
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    Leith Links (Scottish Gaelic: Fìghdean Lìte) is the principal open space within Leith, the docks district of Edinburgh, Scotland. This public park is divided...
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    period of religious convulsion and political conflict culminating in a victory for the Protestant party at the Siege of Leith the authority of the Catholic...
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  • follows. Siege of Aratta (c. 2600 BC) Siege of Uruk (c. 2580 BC) Siege of Qabra (1780 BC) Siege of Hiritum (1764 BC) Siege of Larsa (1763 BC) Siege of Avaris...
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  • Dean Village (category Areas of Edinburgh)
    and appears on the 1560 map of the Siege of Leith. In the Town Council Minutes of 1585 Water of Leith is used as the name of the village. The term 'Dean...
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