Longniddry

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Longniddry
Street train in Longniddry
Street train in Longniddry
Coordinates 55 ° 59 ′  N , 2 ° 54 ′  W Coordinates: 55 ° 59 ′  N , 2 ° 54 ′  W
Longniddry (Scotland)
Longniddry
Longniddry
Residents 2488 2011 census
administration
Post town LONGNIDDRY
ZIP code section EH32
prefix 01875
Part of the country Scotland
Council area East Lothian
British Parliament East Lothian
Scottish Parliament East Lothian

Longniddry is a village in the Scottish Council Area East Lothian or in the traditional county of Haddingtonshire . It is located about eight kilometers northwest of Haddington and 17 kilometers east of central Edinburgh on the south bank of the Firth of Forth .

history

With Redhouse Castle a tower house of the Clan Douglas was built around two kilometers east of Longniddry in the late 16th century . In Longniddry itself, the Douglas Lairds built Longniddry House, which has since been demolished, in the 17th century . Francis Charteris, 7th Earl of Wemyss was in 1790 the westernmost mansion Gosford House in order. The building designed by Robert Adam was not completed until the early 19th century.

Coal was mined in Longniddry from the 16th century, as in many other towns in the region. Furthermore, weaving was operated. However, Longniddry was only a small settlement until the beginning of the 20th century. It was only with the establishment of 20 cottages by the Scottish Veterans' Garden Cities Association in 1916 that the town began to develop. In 1929 a golf course was set up along the Firth of Forth coast and has existed to this day.

After 1961, Longniddry's population rose sharply. After a high of 2933 in 1991, it is declining. As part of the 2011 census survey, only 2,488 inhabitants were counted.

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Longniddry is located on the A198 , which connects the coastal towns between Tranent and East Linton . The A1 ( London - Edinburgh ) runs three kilometers south . As early as the 19th century, the North British Railway Prestonpans connected to the rail network with its own station. This is on today's East Coast Main Line , but is only served by regional trains on a branch line to North Berwick .

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Entry in the Gazetteer for Scotland
  2. ↑ Listed Building - Entry . In: Historic Scotland .
  3. ↑ Entry on Longniddry House  in Canmore, the database of Historic Environment Scotland (English)
  4. ↑ Listed Building - Entry . In: Historic Scotland .
  5. ↑ Longniddry Golf Club website
  6. ^ Information in the Gazetteer for Scotland
  7. ↑ 2011 census
  8. ^ Longniddry in: FH Groome (ed.): Ordnance Gazetteer of Scotland: A Survey of Scottish Topography, Statistical, Biographical and Historical , Grange Publishing Works, Edinburgh, 1882–1885.

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