Book : West Lothian
Street Atlas: Including Livingston, Linlithgow and Bathgate
Book : East Lothian
and the Borders
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St Mary's Parish Church, Haddington, Lothian. St Mary's Parish
Church is one of the three great medieval churches of the Lothians.
Standing on the west bank of the River Tyne, it is of cathedral-scale
and is the longest parish church in Scotland. Completed in 1462,
it has the original east end and a 17th century marble Lauderdale
Monument. Location: In the centre of Haddington.
Lennoxlove House, Haddington
Tel: 01620 823720. Lennoxlove House is a 14th century historic
house set in woodlands. It is home to one of Scotland's most
important collections of portraits, including works by van Dyck,
Canaletto, Raeburn, and others. It also houses important pieces
of furniture, porcelain and other fine artefacts, many of which
came from the now demolished Hamilton Palace in south Lanarkshire.
Lennoxlove is now the seat of the Dukes of Hamilton, having been
purchased by the 14th Duke in 1946. www.lennoxlove.com. About
1 mile south of Haddington.
Hailes Castle, East Linton. Hailes Castle is one of the oldest
stone castles surviving in Scotland. It lies on a minor road
near East Linton, built on a rocky bluff overlooking the Scottish
River Tyne (not to be confused with its better known namesake
in England). Hailes Castle consists of a 14th century keep, extended
by ranges and towers in the 15th and 16th centuries, within a
thick 13th century curtain wall. The castle had a large courtyard,
fragments of which remain. It was probably built by Hugo de Gourlay
shortly before 1300. The Gourlays were an important Northumbrian
family and Hugo's castle had more the appearance of an English
manor-house than a Scottish baronial castle. About 4 miles east
of Haddington.
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Travel information
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