Morham
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| Coordinates | 55 ° 57 ′ N , 2 ° 43 ′ W | ||
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| Post town | HADDINGTON | ||
| ZIP code section | EH41 | ||
| prefix | 01620 | ||
| Part of the country | Scotland | ||
| Council area | East Lothian | ||
| British Parliament | East Lothian | ||
| Scottish Parliament | East Lothian | ||
Morham is a hamlet in the Scottish council area of East Lothian . It is located about five kilometers southeast of Haddington and twelve kilometers southwest of Dunbar . The Morham Burn stream flows through Morham and flows into the Tyne to the north .
Morham has been the site of a church building since the 12th century. Today the Morham Parish Church is located there . The church building dates from 1724, although individual fragments from a previous building from 1685 were integrated. Morham is the smallest independent parish in East Lothian. In order to save costs, the merger with a neighboring community was discussed in 1837.
traffic
Located in a sparsely populated, rural area of East Lothians, Morham has poor access to the trunk road network. A side road runs through the settlement and ends at the B6369 in the west and the B6370 in the south. Both roads eventually join the A1 and A199 in the north . With the Edinburgh Airport is an international airport located about 35 kilometers northwest.