The society has been researching the history of the Abbey for some time and recently distilled this into an information…Continue readingAbbey of St Mary’s: Information Panel Installed
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This trail leads to the site of the Abbey of St Mary, once one of the richest medieval convents in…Continue readingHaddington’s Abbey Trail
Dr Alison Rosie of the National Records of Scotland spoke on this topic. She dealt comprehensively with the inventories and…Continue readingA Queen’s Jewel Box: The 1566 Inventory of Mary Queen of Scots
In a very entertaining, lucid talk without visual aids, Mary Craig shed light on one of the darker manifestations of…Continue readingJohn Kincaid, Scotland’s Witch Brodder
The Abbey was founded by Countess Ada of Northumbria in 1158 as a nunnery. She was the daughter-in-law of David…Continue readingThe Abbey of St Mary, Haddington: Beginnings
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Siege of Haddington: Reports & Papers
An update on excavations at preston tower, Prestonpans.Continue readingPreston Tower – Clay Pipes and Oyster Shells
On Thursday 9th September the first talk of the 2021/2022 season, which was part of East Lothian’s Archaeology Fortnight, was…Continue readingThe Whitadder Project – Investigating archaeology in the Lammermuirs
Keith Marischal is an imposing baronial house near Humbie – but its appearance is largely the result of relatively recent…Continue readingThe Grand Baronial Residence of Keith Marischal
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If you want to keep up to date with what is happening with the Siege of Haddington project, the best…Continue readingSHRG Facebook Page
A mansion which ruined its builder, cavalry stables and barracks, and secessionist churches once formed part of Haddington’s West Port.…Continue readingDashed hopes, Dragoons and Dissenters: a Corner of Haddington 1770 to 1819
By Marie Macpherson Download the PDF file hereContinue readingFamous Faces of Haddington – A Town of Superlatives: East Lothian Life – Winter 2008