Hi all, I"ve found some interesting things about my Philip and Cunningham people in the South Leith burials. Alas, I only have information up to 1807, and am looking for more between that and 1854. In particular, there was a James Philip, carpenter, who died after 1819 - I don't know the date though. Is there anybody who has access to the burial records, who could help with this, as it may be a looong time before I have access to the later ones? Some interesting things in the earlier ones: I have: the burial of Thomas Philp, tailor, in 1772 in the tailors' ground 'near the road'. His widow Margaret Imrie in February 1776 in 'middle of the Taylors Isle' (not 'ground'); and her granddaughter Katherine Philp (daughter of her son John) also buried there in February 1776. A young sister-in-law of John Philp (son of the above) in the tailors' ground in 1779. A young child, George Philp, son of John Philp tailor, in the tailors' ground in 1794. Marion Cunningham, wife of John Philip tailor in Leith in January 1803, buried 'in the Taylors ground, South East side of his own headstone'. And finally, John Philp, tailor, in the tailor's ground in 1807. [But what do the words in Marion's record, 'South East side of his own headstone', mean? Might it be that John Philp had erected a headstone on the death of his son, or for his parents? If so, it's either gone now or illegible, as there are no Philp or Philip inscriptions recorded in MIs that would match this. Ah well, yet another puzzle!] Jenny

Maybe that's 'taylor's aisle', suggesting there was some kind of enclosure. Judy On 5 Feb 2009, at 11:11, J Blain wrote: > 'middle of the Taylors > Isle' (not 'ground')