Hailes Street
Named after the Hailes estate where James Gillespie owned a Snuff Mill whose Trust owned the land upon which the street was built.

Heriot Place
From George Heriot, Goldsmith, who left funds for the building of Heriot's Hospital built between 1628 and 1650, and later to become George Heriot's School, as it is today. The lands were previously called Heriot's Wark.

The remains of the wall surrounding the School were built after the Battle of Flodden in 1513, further to protect the Old Town from invasion.

High Riggs
Named after and forming the north west boundary of the lands of High Riggs with Tollcross. It was called variously Cowfeeder Row, Tollcross, Two-penny Custom and High Riggs throughout the late 18th century and early 19th century. By 1851 the street was split into sections including all of these names, with the addition of Hamilton Place. By the 1880s the whole length became established solely as the High Riggs.

Home Street
The 'artisan' tenements between Tarvit Street and Brougham Street were built around 1820 on land owned by James Home Riggs, wealthy shareholder of the Bank of Scotland, who lived in Drumdryan house nearby. Until the 1890s Home Street was situated only on the east side of the road and included Nos 1-17 inclusive at the lower end of what is now Lauriston Place.

Hopetoun Court
Named after Port Hopetoun the first canal basin on the Union Canal, where now stands Lothian House opposite. A tribute to Lord Hopetoun whose collieries in West Lothian were a major supplier of coal to Edinburgh, much of which came by canal after 1822.