Portsburgh was a

burgh of barony A burgh of barony was a type of Scottish town ( burgh). Burghs of barony were distinct from royal burghs, as the title was granted to a landowner who, as a tenant-in-chief, held his estates directly from the crown. (In some cases, they might also ...

outside the city walls of

Edinburgh Edinburgh ( ; gd, Dùn Èideann ) is the capital city of Scotland and one of its 32 Council areas of Scotland, council areas. Historically part of the county of Midlothian (interchangeably Edinburghshire before 1921), it is located in Lothian ...

Scotland Scotland (, ) is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. Covering the northern third of the island of Great Britain, mainland Scotland has a border with England to the southeast and is otherwise surrounded by the Atlantic Ocean to the ...

from 1649 to 1856, taking its name from the West Port (gate) of Edinburgh. It extended from

Lochrin Lochrin is a small area in Edinburgh, the capital of Scotland. It is in the south-west corner of the city centre, to the west of Tollcross, and south of Fountainbridge. Lochrin contains a wide mixture of retail shops, leisure facilities, other ...

in the west to Drummond Street in the east, and from King's Stables Road in the north to the Meadows in the south. The name survives in Portsburgh Square off the West Port, which was itself formerly named Wester Portsburgh.

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Areas of Edinburgh Burghs 1649 establishments in Scotland {{edinburgh-geo-stub