Haddington
The Royal Burgh of Haddington is a community in East Lothian, Scotland. It is the major administrative, cultural and geographical centre for East Lothian, which as a result of late-nineteenth century Scottish city government reforms took the form of the area of Haddingtonshire through from 1889-1921. It lies regarding 17 miles (27 km) east of Edinburgh. The name Haddington is Anglo-Saxon, dating from the 6th or 7th century AD when the area was included right into the kingdom of Bernicia. The town, like the rest of the Lothian area, was ceded by King Edgar of England and also entered into Scotland in the tenth century. Haddington obtained burghal status, one of the earliest to do so, during the reign of David I (1124-- 1153), offering it trading rights which encouraged its development into a market community. Today Haddington is a town with a population of less than 10,000 people; although during the High Middle Ages, it was the fourth-biggest city in Scotland after Aberdeen, Roxburgh and Edinburgh. In the middle of the town is the Town House, built in 1748 according to a strategy by William Adam. When first developed, it inheld a council chamber, jail and also sheriff court, to which assembly rooms were added in 1788, and also a new clock in 1835. Neighboring is the Corn Exchange (1854) as well as the Court (1833 ). Various other neighboring significant sites consist of the Jane Welsh Carlyle House, Mitchell's Close and the native home of writer and federal government reformer Samuel Smiles on the High Street, marked by a commemorative plaque.
