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Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 41. Chapters: River Tyne, Scotland, Haddington, East Lothian, Gilbert Burnet, Musselburgh and Fisherrow Co-operative Society, List of places in East Lothian, Lothian, Borders & Angus Co-operative Society, North Berwick nunnery, Morham, Whitekirk and Tyninghame, North Berwick Harbour, White Castle, East Lothian, Archerfield Estate and Links, Lennoxlove House, Scottish Seabird Centre, Tranent to Cockenzie Waggonway, Ormiston, Royal Musselburgh Golf Club, East Saltoun and West Saltoun, Lammermuir Hills, Haddington Burghs, North Berwick Law, Smeaton, East Lothian, East Lothian Yacht Club, Sir Henry Ferguson Davie, 1st Baronet, Belhaven, Scotland, Longniddry Bents, Whiteadder Reservoir, Prestonpans Tapestry, The Lamb, Dunglass, Biel, East Lothian, Bara, East Lothian, Barns Ness Lighthouse, River Esk, Lothian, Canty Bay, Northfield House, East Lothian, Yellowcraigs, Fenton Barns, East Fenton and West Fenton, Lord Lieutenant of East Lothian, Pressmennan Lake, Seton Sands, Hamilton House, East Lothian, Kingston, East Lothian, Luffness, Garleton Hills, West Barns, Whitecraig. Excerpt: 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 was known officially as Haddingtonshire before 1921. It lies approximately 20 miles (32 km) east of Edinburgh. Linguistically the name Haddington is Anglo-Saxon, dating from the 6th or 7th century AD when the area was incorporated into the kingdom of Bernicia. The town, like the rest of the Lothian region, was ceded by King Edgar of England and became part of Scotland in the 10th century. Haddington received burghal status, one of the earliest to do so, during the reign of David I (1124-1153), giving it trading rights which encouraged its growth into a market town. Today Haddington is a small town with a p...
