Haddington
The Royal Burgh of Haddington is a community in East Lothian, Scotland. It is the major administrative, cultural as well as geographical centre for East Lothian, which as a result of late-nineteenth century Scottish city government reforms took the form of the region of Haddingtonshire through from 1889-1921. It lies about 17 miles (27 kilometres) eastern of Edinburgh. The name Haddington is Anglo-Saxon, dating from the sixth or seventh century AD when the area was incorporated into the kingdom of Bernicia. The town, like the remainder of the Lothian region, was delivered by King Edgar of England and became part of Scotland in the tenth century. Haddington obtained burghal status, one of the earliest to do so, during the reign of David I (1124-- 1153), providing it trading rights which encouraged its development right into a market community. Today Haddington is a small town with a population of less than 10,000 people; although throughout the High Middle Ages, it was the fourth-biggest city in Scotland after Aberdeen, Roxburgh and also Edinburgh. In the middle of the town is the Town House, built in 1748 according to a strategy by William Adam. When initially developed, it inheld a council chamber, jail and also constable court, to which assembly rooms were included 1788, and also a new clock in 1835. Nearby is the Corn Exchange (1854) and also the County Courthouse (1833 ). Other nearby notable websites consist of the Jane Welsh Carlyle House, Mitchell's Close and also the birth place of author and also federal government reformer Samuel Smiles on the High Street, noted by a commemorative plaque.