Innerwick

Innerwick is a coastal civil parish and small village in the east of East Lothian, from Dunbar and approximately from Edinburgh.

Innerwick is a coastal civil parish and small village in the east of East Lothian, from Dunbar and approximately from Edinburgh. ==History== Innerwick Castle was originally a Stewart stronghold, then passed to a grandson of Walter fitz Gilbert de Hamilton, and remained in the Hamilton family, until its destruction. Alongside nearby Thornton Castle, which belonged to Lord Home, it was destroyed by the invading forces of the Duke of Somerset before the Battle of Pinkie in 1547, during the Rough Wooing. The village became a free burgh of barony of the Maxwells of Innerwick, under a charter of 22 May 1630. When the charter was granted the most populous settlement in the parish was Skateraw. However the charter gave the Maxwells the right to place their burgh anywhere, and so they chose the site of the present village. The charter gave them the right to two annual fairs, each of two days’ duration, and a weekly market, on Thursdays. They were also grant the right to create a tollbooth and prison but these were never built. Alexander Carse, the painter, is said to have been baptised here in 1770, although the village itself is not of such great antiquity; the old primary school, village hall and Parish Church all date from around 1784. The majority of the buildings created at this time are made from sandstone. A large number of the buildings in Innerwick are listed as having architectural or historical importance. Most of the population worked in agriculture. The community looked after itself and even created the Innerwick Funeral Society, whose main purpose was to provide funds to ensure the proper burial of any member. ==Images== File:Rural East Lothian , Cottages On The Innerwick Road - geograph.org.uk - 2632790.jpg|Cottages at Innerwick File:Innerwick Castle.jpg|Innerwick Castle File:An old gravestone at Innerwick Churchyard - geograph.org.uk - 1764326.jpg|An old gravestone at Innerwick Churchyard ==References==

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