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Peat Neuk
Unknown, 1880, Photograph
Peat Neuk
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38022
Title
Page from Leith Miscellany, volume IX, Peat Neuk
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Unknown
Date
1880
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Peat Neuk ran from 70 St Andrew Street to Coalhill. This was the post-Reformation name given to the ancient St Leonard's Lane. The old Guard-house at the Coalhill end of Leith Brig was acquired by the town in 1705 from William Cleghorn, a brewer, and it was here, tradition says, that peats were stored and sold to the public in the port. By the time this photograph was taken, c 1880, the Peat Neuk had long ceased any connection with peat.
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