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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 .
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 ...
Ada de Warenne obtained Haddington as part of her marriage settlement with Prince Henry of Scotland. Upon the death of her husband in 1152, Ada lived at the palace until her death in 1178. 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 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. The intention was to form ...
Haddington House Sidegate Lamp Of The Lothian, Collegiate Centre 55°57′15″N 2°46′28″W / 55.95407°N 2.774443°W / 55.95407; -2.774443 ( Haddington House Sidegate Lamp Of The Lothian, Collegiate
It was subsequently used as a community events venue and, during the First World War and the Second World War, it served as billeting for soldiers. [ 6 ] In June 2014, the management of the building was transferred from East Lothian Council to the newly formed Haddington Community Development Trust. [ 7 ]
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Whitekirk War Memorial. On the second Saturday of May, every year since 1971, there is an ecumenical pilgrimage that starts at Whitekirk and finishes in Haddington. Begun by Patrick Maitland the 17th Earl of Lauderdale, the numbers attending rose from 30 people in the early seventies to over 2,000; however, in 2008 the pilgrimage was cancelled due to lack of numbers.