Leith - Kirkgate Associate church - Help for place name on 1805 baptism record

[David Nicoll]

If you haven’t already come across it.

https://maps.nls.uk/view/117746141

Gives an idea of Leith at the time.

[Ronda231]

Thank You Rena and David Nicholl for this additional info.

Best regards

[Rena]

As well as a carter, I have a "deputy dockmaster" in my ancestry so following your query about a carter I decided to see how busy the chap would be.  I had quite a shock when I saw there were several enormous bonded warehouses several storeys high. 

A bonded warehouse, also known as a customs warehouse, is a secure facility where imported goods can be stored before customs duties and taxes are paid

Specifically, Leith was granted one of only six licenses in Scotland for storing whisky under bond in 1822. This marked a shift in the warehouse usage, as whisky, initially considered a lower-class drink, gained prominence.

[David Nicoll]

Rena,

    Hi, bonds aka bonded warehouses were when historically where whisky and other spirits were stored for maturation. Historically duty was paid after this process.
There were several distilleries in Edinburgh and Leith.

Crabbies and Drambuie had premises in Leith.

Some interesting information here.

https://www.tartanspoon.co.uk/home/drink-crabbies-distillery-leith.
https://crabbiewhisky.com/the-john-crabbie-co-story/

[Rena]

Rena,

    Hi, bonds aka bonded warehouses were when historically where whisky and other spirits were stored for maturation. Historically duty was paid after this process.
There were several distilleries in Edinburgh and Leith.

Crabbies and Drambuie had premises in Leith.

Some interesting information here.

https://www.tartanspoon.co.uk/home/drink-crabbies-distillery-leith.
https://crabbiewhisky.com/the-john-crabbie-co-story/

Hi David,
All very interesting, especially to those who are researching this part of  the UK.

I was born and brought up in the port of Kington Upon Hull, England and once (in the 1950s) was taken into the town's warehouses by the River Humber.  One particular warehouse held 7,000 cattle!!   I hasten to add that I didn't count them - I was given the information lol