Edinburgh Trams

Tramways of Leith

 

 

 

The history of the tramways of Leith

 

 

Leith Trams - A Brief History - please click here

 

 

A more in depth history of the Leith Tramways can be accessed on our pages

 

 

Part 1 - The Horse Tram period - please click here

 

Part 2 - Leith Corporation Electric Tramways era - please click here

 

 

 

To see more images of first generation of trams in Leith - please click here  

  

For other first generation tram pages - please click here

 

For our page showing Leith in old postcards and sketches please click here

 

 

 

 

The Leith Coat of Arms :  The arms were granted on 27th February 1889.

The arms show the Virgin Mary and Child seated in a ship with a cloud above. The parish church of South Leith is dedicated to St. Mary, and the ship is for the port and its sea-going trade. The significance of the cloud is not clear; it appears that, during the discussions about the Grant of arms, the Town Clerk's suggestion that what appeared above the Virgin's head (and the ship) in an impression of an old Burgh seal, was a protecting cloud.