Keep abreast of Society News and Events – we hope you find them of interest
- Dates for the Diary: Autumn events in, and around, HaddingtonSt Mary’s Church Doors Open Day 28th September (midday and again at 3 pm) at St Mary’s Parish Church. Join a walk round…
- Society Talks: Six Centuries of Scottish Coins: Highlights from the Lord Stewartby Collection at the Hunterian Museum, Glasgow17th October 2024 – A talk by Cameron MacLean, Numismatist, 7.30 pm at the Holy Trinity Church The Lord Stewartby Collection is the…
- Programme of Talks for 2024-25We are pleased to announce the programme for 2024-25. All talks will be held at Holy Trinity Church, Church Street, Haddington at…
- Events by Haddington’s History Society at the East Lothian Archaeology & Heritage FortnightWednesday 11 September 10:00 am – 12:00 noon and 2:00 – 4:00Witch hunts, torture and trials – the downright dangerous 1600s!Presented by Lorna Colvin-MacLean,…
- Society Talks: Tell-tale Timbers: St Mary’s in Haddington and the S.E. of ScotlandA talk by Dr Coralie Mills of Dendrochronicle – 5th September, 7.30 pm at the Holy Trinity Church In a very interesting…
- Dates for the Diary: East Lothian Archaeology & Heritage FortnightClick here to find out more
- 2024 Member’s Outing: A Fantastic Day out at Marchmont House, Greenlaw.Thirty-two members made their way to Greenlaw for a wonderful tour of Historic Marchmont House followed by nettle soup and sandwiches. It’s…
- Haddington Welcomes the Dorothy Dunnet SocietyThe History Society and St Mary’s recently collaborated to create a memorable and enjoyable event for 50 delegates from the Dorothy Dunnet…
- Geophysical Survey at Abbey Mill FarmThe results of the geophysical survey at Abbey Mill Farm are now available and make interesting reading. You can view the final…
- Society Talks: Norman Churches in the LothiansA talk by Bryan Hickman was held on 18th April 2024 at the Holy Trinity Church, Church Road, Haddington. The talk described…
- Society Talks: Getting away from it all – Marie de Guise’s Town House, Blyth’s Close, EdinburghA talk by Dr Anna Groundwater, National Museum of Scotland was held on 14th March 2024 at the Holy Trinity Church, Church…
- East Lothian at War: Rare videos now available on Youtube.We are very pleased to make the following videos available to view. They include interviews, photos and original film footage about the…
- Society Talks: Mary Wyndham, Countess of Wemyss – A Tale from Gosford A talk by local historian, Ailsa Fortune, was held on 18th January 2024 at the Holy Trinity Church, Church Road, Haddington. The following…
- One you may have missed: The Official Haddington History Walking TourYou may have missed this great online resource (click here). The tour was originally compiled by the now defunct Haddington Community Development…
- Society Talks: Members night – Four Forgotten HaddingtoniansAt the Members night on Thursday 7 December at 7.30pm three Committee Members gave brief talks on four forgotten Haddingtonians. Nora Jenkinson…
- New Plaque planned for John Knox Memorial Tree.Despite being battered, beaten, and struck by lightning, the oak tree planted by Thomas Carlyle to mark the birthplace of John Knox…
- Society Talks: The Republican Era in British HistoryA talk by Jonathan Cobb, Historian and Author on the Republican Era in British History was held on 16th November 2023 at the…
- Town tours prove popular with the publicSt Mary’s Church from Slezer’s Scotland ‘The Prospect of the Town of Haddingtown’ – 17th Century
- Society Talks: Mary of Guelders, (Queen of James II) and her connections to the Trinity Church in EdinburghA talk by Dr Amy Hayes on Mary of Guelders, (Queen of James II) and her connections to the Trinity Church in…
- YouTube videos: The Industries of HaddingtonWe are very pleased to make available two short videos about the lost industries of Haddington – click to view Haddington Industrial…
- The Parthenon Marbles and the Local Connection: Mary Nisbet, Countess of ElginPresented by Ailsa Fortune September 2023 – At a significant time in the saga of the ‘Elgin’ marbles when the Greek government…
- Archaeology: Did we find Haddington’s Franciscan Friary?We have documentary evidence that there was once a friary somewhere in the vicinity of the Holy Trinity Church, Haddington but no…
- Geophysics Survey at Papple Steading, near GarvaldVolunteers from the Society joined forces with the Edinburgh Archaeology Field Society to undertake a geophysical survey around the remains of a…
- Gateside Industrial Estate, HaddingtonGateside Hi-tech Industries: Haddington’s History Society, led by Eric Glendinning and working in conjunction with the European Ethnographic Centre at the University…
- Education PackHaddington’s History Society has developed an Education Pack for use in primary schools on the Life in a Scottish Medieval Monastery.It is…
- Abbey of St Mary’s: Information Panel InstalledThe society has been researching the history of the Abbey for some time and recently distilled this into an information panel. The…
- Wreath laying: A tribute to the many injured and killed from all over EuropeThe members of the Siege of Haddington Research Group (SHRG) have spent the last 5 years trawling the archives looking for anything and…
- Siege SymposiumTraces of the Past – Local Historians search the archives for the ‘Lost Fortifications’ of Haddington Haddington’s History Society teamed up with…