Haddington

Dr. Welsh was the leading medical man in Haddington, but the income he made was small and was largely absorbed in paying by instalments the purchase-money of Craigenputtock, and so his household was conducted on economical principles.

New Letters and Memorials of Jane Welsh Carlyle 1893

Hyde Park where his wife's life silently and suddenly went out, he regarded, like the green mound in Haddington Churchyard, as dimly, ineffably yet veritably hallowed to him for evermore.

New Letters and Memorials of Jane Welsh Carlyle 1893

- Dr. Welsh having died intestate, the real estate, consisting of Craigenputtock and the house in Haddington, became, on his death, the property of his Daughter.

New Letters and Memorials of Jane Welsh Carlyle 1893

Haddington is most inconveniently situated as to the railway, which is the reason of those strange delays of letters.

Letters and Memorials of Jane Welsh Carlyle 1883

The poor Donaldsons - nay, everybody in Haddington - would be so glad to have you.

Letters and Memorials of Jane Welsh Carlyle 1883

But, alas! the only noise I was to hear in Haddington 'transpired' exactly at the wrong moment; before I had slept one hour I was awoke by - an explosion of cats!

Letters and Memorials of Jane Welsh Carlyle 1883

From Morpeth to Haddington is a journey of only four hours; again

Letters and Memorials of Jane Welsh Carlyle 1883

And his was no mere external contact such as Haddington, with its magnificent churches and monasteries, supplied.

John Knox A. Taylor Innes

The closures have even hit areas where unemployment has almost doubled over the last year, such as Haddington in East Lothian, where the jobless number surged by 97 per cent, and Galashiels, where unemployment soared by 93 per cent.

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London Zoo, Regents Park, NW1, to 24 Dec, zsl.orgIAThe Saltire 2011, Haddington, Saturday to 30 NovLiterature, racing, a farmers' market, and plenty of feasting and folk music in East Lothian for St Andrew's Day.

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