Haddington
The Royal Burgh of Haddington is a community in East Lothian, Scotland. It is the major administrative, social and geographical centre for East Lothian, which as a result of late-nineteenth century Scottish city government reforms took the type of the area of Haddingtonshire through from 1889-1921. It lies concerning 17 miles (27 kilometres) east of Edinburgh. The name Haddington is Anglo-Saxon, dating from the 6th or 7th century AD when the location was integrated into the kingdom of Bernicia. The town, like the remainder of the Lothian area, was ceded by King Edgar of England and also became part of Scotland in the tenth century. Haddington received burghal condition, among the earliest to do so, during the regime of David I (1124-- 1153), offering it trading legal rights which motivated its growth into a market town. Today Haddington is a town with a population of fewer 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 town is the Town House, built in 1748 according to a plan by William Adam. When first constructed, it inheld a council chamber, prison and constable court, to which assembly rooms were included 1788, as well as a brand-new appear 1835. Close-by is the Corn Exchange (1854) and also the County Courthouse (1833 ). Other close-by noteworthy websites consist of the Jane Welsh Carlyle House, Mitchell's Close and also the native home of author as well as government reformer Samuel Smiles on the High Street, noted by a commemorative plaque.