Haddington

Haddington is a town in East Lothian, Scotland. It is the principle regulatory, social and topographical place for East Lothian, which because recently 19th century Scottish nearby government changes appeared as the district of Haddingtonshire for the period from 1889-1921. It lies around 17 miles east of Edinburgh. The name Haddington is Anglo-Saxon, dating from the 6th or seventh century AD when the territory was consolidated into the kingdom of Bernicia.

The town, similar to whatever remains of the Lothian locale, was surrendered by King Edgar of England and turned out to be a piece of Scotland in the tenth century. Haddington got burghal status, one of the most punctual to do as such, amid the rule of David I 1124– 1153, giving it exchanging rights which empowered its development into a market town.

Today Haddington is a residential area with a populace of less than 10,000 individuals; despite the fact that amid the High Middle Ages, it was the fourth-greatest city in Scotland after Aberdeen, Roxburgh and Edinburgh. Amidst the town is the Town House, worked in 1748 as per an arrangement by William Adam. At the point when originally manufactured, it inheld a committee chamber, prison and sheriff court, to which get together rooms were included 1788, and another check in 1835. Adjacent is the Corn Exchange 1854 and the County Courthouse 1833.