Haddington
The Royal Burgh of Haddington is a community in East Lothian, Scotland. It is the primary management, social and geographical centre for East Lothian, which as a result of late-nineteenth century Scottish local government reforms took the type of the county of Haddingtonshire through from 1889-1921. It exists concerning 17 miles (27 km) 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 area, was delivered by King Edgar of England and became part of Scotland in the tenth century. Haddington got burghal standing, one of the earliest to do so, during the power of David I (1124-- 1153), offering it trading rights which motivated its development right into a market community. Today Haddington is a village 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 also Edinburgh. In the middle of the town is the Town House, constructed in 1748 according to a plan by William Adam. When initially developed, it inheld a council chamber, jail as well as sheriff court, to which assembly rooms were included 1788, as well as a brand-new appear 1835. Neighboring is the Corn Exchange (1854) as well as the County Courthouse (1833 ). Various other nearby remarkable websites include the Jane Welsh Carlyle House, Mitchell's Close and the native home of writer as well as federal government reformer Samuel Smiles on the High Street, marked by a celebratory plaque.
