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The Tollbooth in Lauder, Berwickshire

Lauder

The royal burgh of Lauder is a town in Berwickshire, on the edge of the Lammermuir Hills, on the Southern Upland Way.

The Tolbooth or Town Hall predates 1598 when records show it being burnt by a party of Homes and Cranstouns led by Lord Home, in a feud between them and the Lauder family who were at the time sitting on the bench as hereditary baillies. (Read more)