Exhibition marking Battle of Prestonpans takes place this weekend eastlothiancourier.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from eastlothiancourier.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
The local secondary school has the same symbol on its uniform, and a statue of two goats butting heads sits surrounded by brightly blooming flowers at the back of the old George Hotel.
Standing at the centre of the High Street is the Mercat Cross, adorned with the same majestic goat, posing atop a rock and gazing towards the sky.
In Scotland, the Mercat Cross marks a town or city as having the right to hold a market, as granted by the Monarch. It is seen as a symbol of prosperity and authority.
Goats have long been a symbol of Haddington, East Lothian. But where did they come from, and where did they go? Pictures: Rachel Mackie
The local secondary school has the same symbol on its uniform, and a statue of two goats butting heads sits surrounded by brightly blooming flowers at the back of the old George Hotel.
Standing at the centre of the High Street is the Mercat Cross, adorned with the same majestic goat, posing atop a rock and gazing towards the sky.
In Scotland, the Mercat Cross marks a town or city as having the right to hold a market, as granted by the Monarch. It is seen as a symbol of prosperity and authority.
Goats have long been a symbol of Haddington, East Lothian. But where did they come from, and where did they go? Pictures: Rachel Mackie
Painting of East Lothian s rural past sells for three times top estimated value eastlothiancourier.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from eastlothiancourier.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
IF YOU are wanting to bag a piece of history and a beautiful, spacious home right in the heart of Haddington town centre, then this property might be the one for you. and you do not have long to do it. Knox House can be found on Newton Port, just off Market Street in Haddington and mere metres from the town’s Tesco store. The former manse dates back to sometime between the late 1790s and the early 1800s, and is a C-listed building that lies within Haddington’s conservation area. The house was the manse for the Anti-Burgher meeting house. Anti-Burghers were a breakaway church group from about 1750; they built the meeting house and the manse.