Lauder

Article summary

Lauder ( , ) is a market town and former royal burgh in the Scottish Borders, Scotland. Historically part of the historic county of Berwickshire, on the Southern Upland Way, the town lies near the Leader Water, and is approximately 53 miles (86 km) southeast of Perth, 78 miles (126 km) east-southeast of Glasgow, and southeast of Edinburgh, on the western edge of the Lammermuir Hills. It had a population of 1,878 in 2022.

Key claims

1. date of death: 1280 — source: Wikipedia · confidence 0.95
2. date of foundation: 1170 — source: Wikipedia · confidence 0.95

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Bibliography

1. Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1376209404