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Haddington
The Royal Burgh of Haddington is a town in East Lothian, Scotland. It is the main administrative, cultural and geographical centre for East Lothian, which as a result of late-nineteenth century Scottish city government reforms took the kind of the region of Haddingtonshire for the period from 1889-1921. It exists concerning 17 miles (27 km) eastern of Edinburgh. The name Haddington is Anglo-Saxon, dating from the 6th or 7th century AD when the area was included right into the kingdom of Bernicia. The town, like the remainder of the Lothian region, was yielded by King Edgar of England and also became part of Scotland in the tenth century. Haddington received burghal standing, one of the earliest to do so, during the regime of David I (1124-- 1153), giving it trading civil liberties which motivated its development into a market community. Today Haddington is a small town with a population of less than 10,000 people; although throughout the High Middle Ages, it was the fourth-biggest city in Scotland after Aberdeen, Roxburgh and also Edinburgh. In the middle of the town is the Town House, built in 1748 according to a plan by William Adam. When initially developed, it inheld a council chamber, jail and also constable court, to which assembly rooms were added in 1788, and a brand-new clock in 1835. Close-by is the Corn Exchange (1854) and the County Courthouse (1833 ). Other nearby remarkable sites include the Jane Welsh Carlyle House, Mitchell's Close as well as the birthplace of author as well as government reformer Samuel Smiles on the High Street, marked by a celebratory plaque.
