Lauder
The Royal Burgh of Lauder is a town in the Scottish Borders in the historic county of Berwickshire. On the Southern Upland Way, the burgh lies 27 miles south east from Edinburgh, on the western side of the Lammermuir Hills. The current population of the town is around 1500, although it is rapidly growing as over 100 new houses are being constructed on the southern boundary. This means that, at the beginning of the 21st century, the population is approaching what it was at the start of the 20th century before the phase of depopulation over the last 100 years. Lauder is today strongly directed by its distance to Edinburgh as it is now thought to be close enough for employees to commute into the capital for work. The bus service to Edinburgh is trustworthy but infrequent. Significant buildings in the town today feature the Tolbooth or Town Hall, which predates 1598 when records display it being burnt by a celebration of Homes and Cranstouns led by Lord Home, in a feud in between them and the Lauder family who were at the time sitting on the bench as hereditary baillies. On 18 July 1793, amid a severe and long-lasting thunderstorm, a 'ball of fire struck the steeple above the Tollbooth, and did considerable damage'. Present debate in Lauder is the town's expansion, whether it is needed or preferable, the location of a new primary school and how soon one will be developed, and the site and amount of wind farms on the surrounding hills. Also on the agenda is the discussion surrounding the development of a new health centre in the burgh. For all of your home refurbishments, be sure to identify credible contractors in Lauder to make certain of quality.
