East Lothian
East Lothian Aest Lowden Lodainn an Ear | |
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Coordinates: 55°55′N 2°45′W / 55.917°N 2.750°WCoordinates: 55°55′N 2°45′W / 55.917°N 2.750°W | |
Admin HQ | Haddington |
Government | |
• Body | East Lothian Council |
• Control | TBA (council NOC) (Lab + Con) |
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Area | |
• Total | 262 sq mi (679 km2) |
Area rank | Ranked 18th |
Population (2010 est.) | |
• Total | 100,000 |
• Rank | Ranked 21st |
• Density | 370/sq mi (144/km2) |
ONS code | 00QM |
ISO 3166 code | GB-ELN |
Website | http://www.eastlothian.gov.uk/ |
East Lothian (Scots: Aest Lowden, Scottish Gaelic: Lodainn an Ear), is one of the 32 council areas of Scotland, and a lieutenancy area. Archaically, it was also known as Haddingtonshire.
It borders the City of Edinburgh, Midlothian and the Scottish Borders. Its administrative centre is Haddington, although its largest town is Musselburgh. East Lothian is also the name of a registration county, which has different boundaries to the council area.[1]
The council area was created in 1996, replacing the East Lothian district of the Lothian region. The district had been created in 1975 under the Local Government (Scotland) Act 1973, consisting of the old county of East Lothian plus the burghs of Musselburgh and Inveresk, which until then had been in the county of Midlothian.
When abolished, for local government purposes, in 1975, the county of East Lothian bordered the county of Midlothian to the west, and Berwickshire to the south.
Places of interest
- Aberlady Bay
- Bass Rock
- Dirleton Castle
- Dunglass Collegiate Church
- Fa'side Castle
- Fenton Barns Retail & Leisure Village
- Hailes Castle
- Hopetoun Monument
- Lennoxlove historic house
- Longniddry Bents
- Muirfield Golf Links
- Museum of Flight, East Fortune
- North Berwick Harbour
- North Berwick Law
- Preston Mill
- Prestongrange Industrial Heritage Museum
- Scottish Seabird Centre, North Berwick
- Seacliff Beach
- Seton Collegiate Church
- Tantallon Castle
- Chesters Hill Fort
- Torness Nuclear Power Station
- Traprain Law
- Yellowcraigs, a beach and conservation area
Towns and villages
- Aberlady
- Athelstaneford
- Auldhame
- Ballencrieff
- Bolton
- Cockenzie
- Dirleton
- Drem
- Dunbar
- East Fortune
- East Linton
- East Saltoun
- Elphinstone
- Fenton Barns
- Garvald
- Gifford
- Gladsmuir
- Glenkinchie
- Gullane
- Haddington
- Humbie
- Innerwick
- Kingston
- Longniddry
- Luffness
- Macmerry
- Musselburgh
- North Berwick
- Ormiston
- Pencaitland
- Port Seton
- Prestonpans
- Scoughall
- Spott
- Stenton
- Tranent
- Wallyford
- West Barns
- West Saltoun
- Whitecraig
- Whitekirk and Tyninghame
- Whittingehame
- Wellington
Civil Parishes
- 1.Aberlady
- 2.Athelstaneford
- 3.Bolton
- 4.Dirleton
- 5.Dunbar
- 6.Garvald
- 7. Gullane
- 8.Gladsmuir
- 9.Haddington
- 10.Humbie
- 11.Innerwick
- 12. Morham
- 13.North Berwick
- 14. Oldhamstocks
- 15Ormiston
- 16.Pencaitland
- 17. Presterkirk
- 18.Prestonpans
- 19. Salton
- 20. Soutra (and Fala)
- 21.Spott
- 22.Stenton
- 23.Tranent
- 24.Whittingehame
- 25.Whitekirk
Notable people from East Lothian
- Gospatric II, Earl of Lothian, d.1138
- Gospatric III, Earl of Lothian, d.1166
- Waltheof, Earl of Dunbar, d.1182
- Alexander II, King of Scots, 1198–1249
- Black Agnes, 4th Countess of Moray, c.1312-1369
- Abbot Walter Bower, ca.1385–1449,canon regular of Inchcolm Abbey, chronicler, born about at Haddington
- Sawney Bean, cannibal and outlaw, 15th to 16th century
- William Dunbar, medieval poet, 1460–1520
- John Mair or Major, philosopher, 1467–1550
- John Knox, leading Protestant reformer in Scotland and founder of Presbyterianism, c.1510-1572
- John Cockburn of Ormiston, (d.1583) early supporter of the Scottish Reformation
- Ninian Cockburn (d.1579), soldier, officer of the Garde Écossaise, political intriguer
- Andrew Fletcher of Saltoun (1655–1716), writer, politician, soldier and patriot
- Adam Cockburn, Laird of Ormiston, Lord Ormiston (1656–1735), administrator, politician and judge
- John Cockburn, agricultural improver, 1695–1758
- Andrew Meikle, inventor of the Threshing machine, 1719–1811
- John Brown (theologian), 1722–1787
- Rev. Dr. John Witherspoon, signatory to the United States Declaration of Independence,1723–1794
- George Brodie (1786?-1867), historian
- Robert Cadell (1788–1849), bookseller and publisher, closely associated with Sir Walter Scott
- Robert Moffat 1795–1883, Congregationalist missionary to Africa, and father in law of David Livingstone
- Jane Welsh Carlyle, 1801–1866, letter-writer, and wife of Thomas Carlyle, 1801–1866
- Sir William Fergusson, 1st Baronet, surgeon,1808–1877
- Samuel Smiles, author of Self-Help, 1812–1904
- Mary Balfour Herbert, watercolour painter, 1817–1893
- Samuel Morison Brown, chemist, poet and essayist, 1817–1856
- John Muir, father of the US National Parks,1838–1914
- Eleanor Mildred Sidgwick, Principal of Newnham College, 1845–1936
- James Porteous, inventor of the Fresno Scraper, 1848–1922
- Peter Hume Brown, historian, 1849–1918
- Arthur Balfour, Prime Minister, 1902–1905
- William George Nicholson Geddes 1913–1993, civil engineer
- Maureen Mollie Hunter McIlwraith, commonly known as Mollie Hunter 1922-2012, Scottish writer
- Peter Kerr b.1940, best-selling author of travel books and fiction
- John Bellany, painter, 1942-2013
- Rhona Cameron, comedian and activist, b.1965
Sports personalities from East Lothian
- Willie Anderson, golfer, four times U.S. Open Golf Champion, 1901, 1903–05
- Ian Black, professional footballer
- Callum Booth, professional footballer
- Billy Brown,football coach
- Kenny Miller, professional footballer
- Colin Nish, professional footballer
- Jim Calder rugby union player
- Gary Anderson, Darts player
- Andrew Driver, professional footballer
- Danny Handling, professional footballer
- Jason Holt, Professional footballer
- David Huish, golfer with several wins on the European Seniors Tour, who once led The Open Championship at the halfway stage
- Allan Jacobsen, rugby union player
- Jim Jefferies, football manager
- John McGlynn, football manager
- Catriona Matthew, elite golfer
- Mathew Dawson, racehorse trainer
- Euan Burton, judoka and 2012 Olympics contender
- Finlay Calder, rugby union player
- Ross Muir, professional snooker player
- Scott Murray (rugby union), rugby union player
- Garry O'Connor, professional footballer
- Willie Ormond, footballer and manager
- Jock Taylor, World Champion motorcycle sidecar racer
- Ben Sayers, professional golfer & club maker
- John White, footballer
- Willie Wood (bowler), professional bowler
- Dean Brett, footballer
Local media
East Lothian is served by two local paid-for weekly newspapers, the East Lothian Courier and the East Lothian News. The former, known locally as The Courier, is the better-selling and started in 1859 as the Haddingtonshire Courier (the name was changed in 1971). The family firm of D. & J. Croal, based in Haddington, owned and operated the paper until it was bought by the Dunfermline Press Group in 2004. The East Lothian News was first published in 1971, as part of Scottish County Press group, with editorial offices in Dalkeith and printing at Bonnyrigg (both in Midlothian). SCP was acquired by Regional Independent Media in 2000, which was in turn bought by Johnston Press in 2002.
East Coast FM (Scotland) is a community radio station run by volunteers which has been broadcasting since 2009 from studios at 8 Market Street in Haddington. The station is registered as a charity (SC042784). An FM Community Radio Licence was awarded to the station in September 2012 by regulator OFCOM and a frequency of 107.6 FM was allocated in January 2013. It is expected that broadcasting on this frequency will start in March 2013. The station can be accessed worldwide across the internet through their website.
East Lothian FM is an Online Community Radio Station operated and managed by East Lothian Community Media Ltd. The station started webcasting to the county from their studio at 38 Market Street, Haddington in October 2011 and applied for a Community Radio Licence (on the FM band) during the application period that ended on 14 February 2012. The result of this application will be announced by Ofcom in due course.
East Lothian Council
East Lothian Council is based at John Muir House, Haddington
Council political compositions
- Labour - 10
- Scottish National Party - 9
- Conservative - 3
- Independent - 1
On the 18th September 2014, East Lothian like most council areas, said "No" in the Scottish Independence Referendum at 61.7% with a 87.9% turnout rate.[3]
References
- ↑ "Land Register Counties and Operational Dates" (PDF). Registers of Scotland. Retrieved 26 September 2013.
- ↑ https://archive.org/stream/imperialgazettee02wilsuoft#page/n46/mode/1up
- ↑ "Indyref". BBC. Retrieved 19 September 2014.
External links
- East Lothian Council official government website
- East Lothian at DMOZ
- East Lothian Directory
- East Lothian Courier
- East Lothian News
- East Coast FM
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