Building of the church first began in 1375 but took more than 100 years. St Mary’s was largely ruined by Henry VIII’s forces during the 1548-49 Siege of Haddington but after a partial restoration in 1561, a full and magnificent restoration took place in the 1970s. The kirk is also home to the 16th-century Lauderdale Aisle, the chapel of the Maitland family and a place of ecumenical worship.
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