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 of Edinburgh, on the western border of the Lammermuir Hills. The present population of the town is around 1500, although it is dramatically growing as over 100 new houses are being created on the southern boundary. This means that, at the beginning of the 21st century, the population is approaching what it was at the beginning of the 20th century before the phase of depopulation over the last 100 years. Lauder is today firmly influenced by its distance to Edinburgh as it is now thought to be near enough for people to commute into the capital for work. The bus service to Edinburgh is dependable though sporadic. Popular structures in the town today feature the Tolbooth or Town Hall, which precedes 1598 when records show it being burnt by a celebration of Homes and Cranstouns led by Lord Home, in a quarrel between them and the Lauder family who were at the time sitting on the bench as hereditary baillies. On 18 July 1793, amid a serious and long-lasting thunderstorm, a 'ball of fire struck the steeple above the Tollbooth, and did considerable damage'. Current dispute in Lauder is the town's growth, whether it is needed or preferable, the site of a new primary school and how quickly one will be developed, and the site and amount of wind farms on the surrounding hills. Additionally on the agenda is the debate surrounding the creation of a new health centre in the burgh. For all of your home enhancements, make sure to find respected professionals in Lauder to make certain of quality.
