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 border of the Lammermuir Hills. The current population of the town is around 1500, although it is rapidly increasing as over 100 brand-new houses are being built on the southern boundary. This means that, at the start of the 21st century, the population is approaching what it was at the beginning of the 20th century previous to the phase of depopulation over the last 100 years. Lauder is today firmly affected by its distance to Edinburgh as it is now judged to be close enough for employees to commute into the capital for work. The bus service to Edinburgh is trustworthy though irregular. Notable structures in the town today feature the Tolbooth or Town Hall, which precedes 1598 when records reveal it being burnt by a party of Homes and Cranstouns led by Lord Home, in a dispute between them and the Lauder family who were at the time sitting on the bench as hereditary baillies. On 18 July 1793, during a major and long-lasting thunderstorm, a 'ball of fire struck the steeple above the Tollbooth, and did considerable damage'. Ongoing controversy in Lauder is the town's expansion, whether it is needed or beneficial, the site of a new primary school and how quickly one will be built, and the area and amount of wind farms on the surrounding hills. Additionally on the agenda is the dispute surrounding the creation of a brand-new health centre in the burgh. For all of your home renovations, make sure to find reliable specialists in Lauder to make certain of quality.
