Haddington
The Royal Burgh of Haddington is a community in East Lothian, Scotland. It is the primary administrative, social and geographical centre for East Lothian, which as a result of late-nineteenth century Scottish local government reforms took the form of the region of Haddingtonshire through from 1889-1921. It exists regarding 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 community, like the rest of the Lothian area, was delivered by King Edgar of England and also entered into Scotland in the tenth century. Haddington received burghal condition, among the earliest to do so, throughout the power of David I (1124-- 1153), giving it trading civil liberties which motivated its development right into a market town. Today Haddington is a town with a population of fewer than 10,000 individuals; although during the High Middle Ages, it was the fourth-biggest city in Scotland after Aberdeen, Roxburgh and Edinburgh. In the middle of the town is the Town hall, constructed in 1748 according to a plan by William Adam. When initially built, it inheld a council chamber, jail and constable court, to which assembly rooms were included 1788, as well as a brand-new appear 1835. Nearby is the Corn Exchange (1854) as well as the County Courthouse (1833 ). Various other close-by remarkable sites consist of the Jane Welsh Carlyle House, Mitchell's Close and the birth place of writer and also federal government reformer Samuel Smiles on the High Street, noted by a commemorative plaque.
