April Question Calder’s Lawn: Who was Calder and why was it named after his/her garden! Maybe the road went through…Continue readingHow did this Haddington street get this rather odd name?
Category: Did You Know?
The following are some interesting snippets of historical places, people and facts that can be found in and around Haddington.
Also, each month we will post here a question for you to ponder over, with a link to the Facebook page to Old Haddingtonshire where you can see other readers’ comments. We will give you the answer the following month.
March Question In one of her many letters, she wrote of Haddington: “ Here is no life, no variety. It…Continue readingWho is this person and where did she live?
February Question The trace of one of a line of cottages can be seen in this Haddington garden wall. Where…Continue readingWhere can you find this line of former cottages?
Test your knowledge of country houses and castles to be found around East Lothian. This quiz formed part of the…Continue readingHaddington’s History Society Quiz No.2
The postcard shows Abbey Mill pre-WW2 when its wheel was still in position. The interior fittings, and presumably the wheel,…Continue readingWhat does this postcard show and how has this changed today?
Samuel Smiles He was prolific Haddington author who advised his readers that they could save 45/- (shillings) a year by…Continue readingWho was the local author in our Christmas Challenge?
This stone was once fixed to the gable of a Haddington building (not its original site). Which building was it…Continue readingOn what building was this stone found?
Have you ever wondered whose statue stands at this junction and what was he revered for? This is the statue…Continue readingWhose monument stands in Memorial Park opposite the West Church in Haddington?
Categories
Where was this Business?
From this old bill head can you locate where this shop was in Haddington? See some comments on our Facebook…Continue readingWhere was this Business?
Bill Fife, a member of Haddington’s History Society, has compiled a list of words in the local dialect that were…Continue readingA Dictionary of Haddington’s Other Language
This pewter item is a communion token, cast in Edinburgh for the Secession Church of Haddington. It was issued in…Continue readingHow this pewter object relates to Haddington?
Test your knowledge of the town to identify the location of Brook’s tea shop and warehouse from this old bill…Continue readingWhere in Haddington was this shop to be found?