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    1. [MIDLOTHIAN] Hillhousefield - Leith
    2. Duncan Smith
    3. Bill in Montana was asking about Hillhousefield, where his AITKEN and WILLIAMSON ancestors once lived. My MACDONALD, NEILSON, STRATTON and ABERNETHY ancestors all lived in the Hillhousefield area during parts of the 19th century. The street name of Trafalgar Lane came up quite often, but they also lived in nearby Pitt street, Industry Lane and North Fort street. According to the 'Place Names of Edinburgh' (which also includes coverage of Leith) by Stuart Harris, Hillhousefield was an estate recorded as early as 1484 .... bounded on the west by Bonnington ... and on the east by the templelands of North Leith. In 1985 a street formed in the course of redeveloping the area of Fort Place and Hamilton Street at Bathfield in the north of the historic Hillhousefield was named North Hillhousefield. This road is still there today, even though, being at the North end of North Fort street, it is a wee bit away from where the original estate used to exist. Duncan, Dundee

    10/31/2009 08:35:14