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Athelstaneford is a village in East Lothian, Scotland. It lies almost 6 kilometres (3.5 mi) north-east of the market town of Haddington and about 28 kilometres (17 mi) east of Edinburgh.
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- The hamlet has changed little since it was constructed as a model village in the late 18th Century by Sir David Kinloch of Gilmerton, to improve the housing conditions of local farm-workers, who were provided with well-proportioned housing and a sizeable garden for a nominal rent. A weaving industry was established in the village, which became noted for a striped cloth, although this has now disappeared.
- John Home (1722 - 1808), the playwright, was minister at Athelstaneford between 1847 and 1857 and the painter Archibald Skirving (1749 - 1819) was born here.
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