Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
James Miller published Lamp of Lothian a history of Haddington in 1844. A new edition was reprinted in 1900 under the name Lamp of Lothian: or, the history of Haddington, in connection with the Public Affairs of East Lothian and of Scotland, from the earliest records to 1844. [18] A goat appears on the seal and on the coat of arms of Haddington ...
King William the Lion of Scotland used the palace from time to time and it was the birthplace of Alexander II in 1198. [1] The palace and town were burned and pillaged in 1216, by an English army under the command of King John of England. The Scottish royal family appear to have abandoned the palace due to the damage caused.
The sieges of Haddington were a series of sieges staged at the Royal Burgh of Haddington, East Lothian, Scotland, as part of the War of the Rough Wooing, one of the last Anglo-Scottish Wars. Following Regent Arran 's defeat at the battle of Pinkie Cleugh on Saturday 10 September 1547, he captured the town of Haddington.
This is a timeline of Scottish history, comprising important legal and territorial changes and political events in Scotland and its predecessor states. See also Timeline of prehistoric Scotland . To read about the background to many of these events, see History of Scotland .
This is a timeline of British history, comprising important legal and territorial changes and political events in the United Kingdom and its predecessor states. To read about the background to these events, see History of England, History of Wales, History of Scotland, History of Ireland, Formation of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and History of the United Kingdom
Name Location Date Listed Grid Ref. [note 1] Geo-coordinates Notes LB Number [note 2] Image Westfield Cottages Nos 3 To 6 Category C(S) 43562: Upload Photo: Abbey, Old School And Adjacent Buildings
After the abolition of East Lothian County Council in 1975, the courtroom continued to be used for hearings of the sheriff court and, on one day a month, for hearings of the justice of the peace court. [12] The modern part of the complex, at the rear, became the main offices of East Lothian District Council. [13]
Haddington was a royal burgh that returned one commissioner to the Parliament of Scotland and to the Convention of Estates. After the Acts of Union 1707 , Haddington, North Berwick , Dunbar , Jedburgh and Lauder formed the Haddington district of burghs , returning one member between them to the House of Commons of Great Britain .