Whittingehame
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| Coordinates | 55 ° 57 ′ N , 2 ° 38 ′ 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 | ||
Whittingehame is a hamlet in the Scottish council area of East Lothian . It is located about nine kilometers southwest of Dunbar twelve kilometers southeast of North Berwick on the northern edge of the Lammermuir Hills . The Whittingehame Water , a source river of the Biel Water , runs along the southern flank .
history
Prior to 1372, the Whittingehame lands were owned by the Earls of March . By marriage they fell to the Douglas clan in that year and remained in their possession for centuries. In the late 15th or early 16th century, the Tower House Whittingehame Tower was built there , which is located around 300 m west of Whittingehame House. Allegedly, in the 1560s, James Douglas, 4th Earl of Morton and James Hepburn, 4th Earl of Bothwell, met on the estate for the assassination of Henry Stuart, Lord Darnley , consort of Queen Mary of Scots and formally King of Scotland, prepare. In 1660 the lands came into the possession of the Seton clan and later the Hay clan through marriage . The Whittingehame Parish Church was built in 1722. 1817 the property was Wittingehame to James Balfour sold, which the mansion Whittingehame House was built. As part of the construction work, Balfour had Wittingehame relocated to the south bank of the Luggate Burn . After James Balfour's death, the property passed to his son James Maitland Balfour , who in turn bequeathed it to the future Prime Minister Arthur James Balfour .
traffic
Located in a sparsely populated region of East Lothians, Whittingehame is poorly connected to the road network. A side road leads to the B6370, which joins the A1 and A199 trunk roads to the north .
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Entry in the Gazetteer for Scotland
- ↑ Garden and Designed Landscape - entry . In: Historic Scotland .
