Haidintoun

Haddington
A view o Haidintoun
Haidintoun Location within East Lowden
Population	9,944
OS grid reference	NT511739
Ceevil pairish	Haidintoun
Cooncil area	East Lowden
Lieutenancy area	East Lowden
Kintra	Scotland
Sovereign state	Unitit Kinrick
Post toun	HADDINGTON
Postcode destrict	EH41
Diallin code	01620
Police	Scots
Fire	Scots
Ambulance	Scots
EU Pairlament	Scotland
UK Pairlament	East Lowden
Scots Pairlament	East Lowden

The Ryal Burgh o Haidintoun (Inglis: Haddington) is a toun in East Lowden, Scotland. It is the main admeenistrative, cultural an geografical centre for East Lowden, that as a result o late-nineteent century Scots local govrenment reforms, actually teuk the form o the coonty o Haidintounshire for the period frae 1889-1921. It lies aboot 20 mile (32 km) east o Edinburgh. The name Haidintoun is Anglo-Saxon, datin frae the saxt or seivent century AD whan the aurie wis incorporatit intae the kinrick o Bernicie. The toun, lik the rest o the Lowden region, wis cedit bi Keeng Edgar o Ingland an becam pairt o Scotland in the tent century. Haidintoun received burghal status, ane o the earliest tae dae sae, in the ring o David I (1124–1153), giein it treddin richts that encouraged its growthe intae a mercat toun.

The day Haidintoun is a smaw toun wi a population o fewer nor 12,000 fowk; awtho in the Heich Middle Ages, it wis the fowert-biggest ceety in Scotland efter Aiberdeen, Roxburgh an Edinburgh. In the middle o the toun is the Toun Hoose, biggit in 1748 accordin tae a plan bi William Adam. Whan first biggit, it inheld a cooncil chaumer, jyle an shirra coort, tae that assemmly rooms war addit in 1788, an a new clock in 1835. Nearby is the Corn Exchange (1854) an the Coonty Coorthoose (1833). Ither nearbi notable steids include the Jane Welsh Carlyle Hoose, Mitchell's Close an the birthplace o author an govrenment reformer Samuel Smiles on the High Street; merkit bi a commemorative plaque.