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Spittal, East Lothian
Spittal is a hamlet or small village in East Lothian, Scotland, UK, on the B1377, east of Longniddry, south-south-west of Aberlady and to the west of Garleton and north of Gladsmuir. It is close to both Redhouse Castle, Gosford House and Spittal House. The placename "Spittal" suggests a religious community running a pilgrim's hostel or hospice. See also *List of places in East Lothian ''Map of places in East Lothian compiled from this list'' The List of places in East Lothian is a list for any town, village, hamlet, castle, golf course, historic house, hill fort, lighthouse, nature reserve, reservoir, river, and other place of ... References External links Canmore - Spittal site record [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aberlady
Aberlady ( sco, Aiberleddy, Gaelic: ''Obar Lobhaite'') is a coastal village in the Scottish council area of East Lothian. The village had an estimated population of in . Etymology The name ''Aberlady'' has Brittonic origins. The first part of the name is the common naming element ''aber'', meaning "confluence, estuary". The second part is a river name, an earlier name for the West Peffer Burn, derived from either ''*lẹ:β'', which in river names may mean "glide smoothly", or ''*loβ'', a verbal root associated with "peeling away, decomposition, decay" (Middle Irish ''lobour'', "leprosy"). History There is archaeological evidence of a significant and wealthy Anglo-Saxon settlement dating from 7th to the 10th centuries. In the Middle Ages, Aberlady was an important harbour for fishing, sealing, and whaling and was designated "Port of Haddington" by a 1633 Act of Parliament. However, its origins are much earlier. Aberlady had strong links with the monasteries at Iona and Lindi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
East Lothian Council
East Lothian Council is one of the 32 local government councils in Scotland covering the East Lothian area. Since the last boundary changes in 2017, 22 councillors have been elected from 6 wards. History East Lothian District Council had been created in 1975 under the Local Government (Scotland) Act 1973, as one of four districts within the Lothian region (along with Edinburgh, Midlothian and West Lothian, each having some differences from the territory of their corresponding historic counties). All four districts of Lothian became single tier local authorities in 1996, under the Local Government etc. (Scotland) Act 1994, when the council adopted its current name as East Lothian Council. Political control The first election to the East Lothian District Council was held in 1974, initially operating as a shadow authority alongside the outgoing authorities until the new system came into force on 16 May 1975. A shadow authority was again elected in 1995 ahead of the reforms which ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
East Lothian
East Lothian (; sco, East Lowden; gd, Lodainn an Ear) is one of the 32 council areas of Scotland, as well as a historic county, registration county and lieutenancy area. The county was called Haddingtonshire until 1921. In 1975, the historic county was incorporated for local government purposes into Lothian Region as East Lothian District, with some slight alterations of its boundaries. The Local Government etc. (Scotland) Act 1994 later created East Lothian as one of 32 modern council areas. East Lothian lies south of the Firth of Forth in the eastern central Lowlands of Scotland. It borders Edinburgh to the west, Midlothian to the south-west and the Scottish Borders to the south. Its administrative centre and former county town is Haddington while the largest town is Musselburgh. Haddingtonshire has ancient origins and is named in a charter of 1139 as ''Hadintunschira'' and in another of 1141 as ''Hadintunshire''. Three of the county's towns were designated as roy ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
East Lothian (UK Parliament Constituency)
East Lothian (; sco, East Lowden; gd, Lodainn an Ear) is a United Kingdom constituencies, constituency in Scotland which returns one Member of Parliament (United Kingdom), Member of Parliament (MP) to the House of Commons of the United Kingdom, House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, elected by the first-past-the-post, first past the post voting system. The seat is represented by Kenny MacAskill of the Alba Party who was elected as an SNP MP at the 2019 United Kingdom general election, 2019 general election, where he unseated the sitting Labour Party (UK), Labour incumbent, Martin Whitfield with a majority of 3,886 votes. Constituency profile The seat covers small towns to the east of Edinburgh including Haddington, East Lothian, Haddington and Dunbar which have good commuting links to the capital city; and a more rural area extending south into the Lammermuir Hills. Residents' health and wealth are around average for the UK. History The constituency was cr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
East Lothian (Scottish Parliament Constituency)
East Lothian (; sco, Aest Lowden; gd, Lodainn an Ear) is a constituency of the Scottish Parliament ( Holyrood) covering most of the council area of East Lothian. It elects one Member of the Scottish Parliament (MSP) by the plurality (first past the post) method of election. It is also one of nine constituencies in the South Scotland electoral region, which elects seven additional members, in addition to the nine constituency MSPs, to produce a form of proportional representation for the region as a whole. The seat has been held by Paul McLennan of the Scottish National Party since the 2021 Scottish Parliament election. Electoral region The other eight constituencies of the South Scotland region are Ayr, Carrick, Cumnock and Doon Valley, Clydesdale, Dumfriesshire, Ettrick, Roxburgh and Berwickshire, Galloway and West Dumfries, Kilmarnock and Irvine Valley and Midlothian South, Tweeddale and Lauderdale. The region covers the Dumfries and Galloway council area, p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Longniddry
Longniddry ( sco, Langniddry, gd, Nuadh-Treabh Fada) is a coastal village in , Scotland, with an estimated population of in . The Scottish Women's Rural Institute was founded here in 1917. Features Longniddry is primarily a dormitory village for commuters, with good transport links by road and rail ( |
Gladsmuir
Gladsmuir is a village and parish in East Lothian, Scotland, situated on the A199 and near Tranent and Prestonpans. Description Gladsmuir's principal "claim to fame" relates to its role as the site of the Battle of Prestonpans (1745). Some sources - particularly maps - occasionally refer to the confrontation as the Battle of Gladsmuir. The Jacobite poet William Hamilton (1704-1754) wrote a poem entitled ''Ode on the Battle of Gladsmuir, 1745'' in celebration of the battle. The philanthropist George Heriot, jeweller to James VI, King of Scots and founder of Heriot's Hospital, (later George Heriot's School), in Edinburgh, may have been born in Gladsmuir, his father was. Church Old Gladsmuir Parish Kirk dates from some time between 1650 and the creation of the parish in 1695 and its ruins stand to the north of the current operational church. The replacement church is a Romanesque cruciform church dating from 1839 and designed by William Burn. The interior was destroyed by ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Redhouse Castle
Redhouse Castle is a ruined tower house castle, 2 km east of Longniddry, East Lothian, Scotland, UK, on the B1377, close to Spittal. The castle designated as a scheduled monument. It is no longer protected as a category A listed building. History The first version of the castle appears to have been a religious institution, probably a hospice for pilgrims and travellers, belonging to the Douglas family. In April 1421 the Earl of Douglas transferred the estates of Ballencrieff and Gosford to his mistress Christian de Ramsay to provide for her and their children. The castle, a four-storey manor house in red sandstone, remained in the hands of the Douglas family, but it was sold in 1607 to John Layng, the Keeper of the Signet. His initials and those of his wife Rebecca Dennistoun are carved into the pediment. He died in 1612 and is buried in the churchyard of Greyfriars Kirk, Edinburgh. In 1608 Layng's daughter Jeane married Sir Andrew Hamilton f the Hamiltons of Haddi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gosford House
Gosford House is a neoclassical country house around northeast of Longniddry in East Lothian, Scotland, on the A198 Aberlady Road, in of parkland and coast. It is the family seat of the Charteris family, the Earls of Wemyss and March. It was the home of the late Rt. Hon. David Charteris, 12th Earl of Wemyss, chief of the name and arms of Charteris, until his death in 2008. In 2009, it was inherited by James Charteris, 13th Earl of Wemyss and March (known by the courtesy title of Lord Neidpath) although the Earl and his wife, drug researcher Amanda Feilding, reside at Stanway House in Gloucestershire. The south wing is the family home portion of the estate. The estate, listed on 5 February 1971 as Gosford House With Screen Walls and Garden Statuary, LB6533, includes numerous listed buildings, notably the house, the stables and the mausoleum which are all Category A listed. The grounds are included in the Inventory of Gardens and Designed Landscapes in Scotland. History Prev ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Places In East Lothian
''Map of places in East Lothian compiled from this list'' The List of places in East Lothian is a list for any town, village, hamlet, castle, golf course, historic house, hill fort, lighthouse, nature reserve, reservoir, river, and other place of interest in the East Lothian council area of Scotland. Prestongrange Industrial Heritage Museum A *Aberlady, Aberlady Bay *Archerfield Estate and Links *Athelstaneford *Auldhame & Scoughall B * Ballencrieff, Ballencrieff Castle *Bankton House * Bara *Barnes Castle * Barns Ness, Barns Ness Lighthouse *Bass Rock *Battle of Carberry Hill * Belhaven, Belhaven Brewery, Belhaven Sands *Biel, Biel House, Biel Water, *Bilsdean * Birns Water * Birsley Brae * Black Castle * Blackcastle Hill *Blindwells *Bolton, Bolton Parish Church *Broxburn *Broxmouth *Brunton Theatre * Burns' Mother's Well C *Canty Bay * Carberry, Carberry Tower * Castleton *Chesters Hill Fort *Cockenzie, Cockenzie ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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