Haddington
The Royal Burgh of Haddington is a community in East Lothian, Scotland. It is the major management, social and also geographical centre for East Lothian, which as a result of late-nineteenth century Scottish local 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 sixth or seventh century AD when the location was included into the kingdom of Bernicia. The town, like the remainder of the Lothian area, was yielded by King Edgar of England as well as became part of Scotland in the tenth century. Haddington received burghal status, one of the earliest to do so, during the reign of David I (1124-- 1153), providing it trading rights which motivated its development into a market community. Today Haddington is a town with a population of less than 10,000 individuals; although throughout the High Middle Ages, it was the fourth-biggest city in Scotland after Aberdeen, Roxburgh as well as Edinburgh. In the middle of the community is the Town hall, built in 1748 according to a plan by William Adam. When initially constructed, it inheld a council chamber, prison and also constable court, to which assembly rooms were included 1788, and a new appear 1835. Close-by is the Corn Exchange (1854) as well as the Court (1833 ). Various other close-by notable sites include the Jane Welsh Carlyle House, Mitchell's Close as well as the birthplace of writer as well as federal government reformer Samuel Smiles on the High Street, noted by a celebratory plaque.
