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- Programme of History Society Talks for 2025-26
We are pleased to announce the programme for 2025-26. All talks will be held at Holy Trinity Church, Church Street, Haddington at… - Bonus Event: Meet author Linda Porter to talk about her latest book, The Thistle and the Rose: the Extraordinary Life of Margaret Tudor.
Thursday 8 May, 2.30 pm – Star Room, John Gray Centre, Haddington. Haddington’s History Society is thrilled to welcome historian and author Dr… - Society Talk: 2,000 Years of Fortification in East Lothian
24 April 2025, 7.30 pm at the Holy Trinity Church – David Weinczok, historian, writer, presenter, museums professional and Canadian-born ‘New Scot’… - Society Talk Summary: Sir William Fergusson, Victorian Surgeon
20 March 2025, 7.30 pm at the Holy Trinity Church – by Peter Raine, Paediatric Surgeon This evening’s talk by retired consultant… - Society Talk Summary: 16th Century Haddington During the Reformation
20 February 2025, 7.30 pm at the Holy Trinity Church – Marie Macpherson, Convenor of the Haddington’s History Society The Scottish Reformation amounted… - Dates for the Diary: Spring events in, and around, Haddington
Meet the Author: Linda Porter Thursday 8 May, 2.30 pm, Star Room, John Gray Centre, Haddington Haddington’s History Society is thrilled to welcome… - Programme of History Society 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…
- Society Talk Summary: The Ilay-Glynne Dial and the Scientific Interests and Patronage of Archibald Campbell, Earl of Ilay
16 January 2025, 7.30 pm at the Holy Trinity Church – Rebekah Higgit, Principal Curator of Science, National Museums Scotland. This beautiful… - Society Talk Summary: James VI and Daemonologie
21st November 2024 – Steven Veerapen, Historian and Author. Witches: A King’s Obsession Daemonologie: the Scottish Witch Hunt of 1597 and its Legacy… - Society Talk Summary: Six Centuries of Scottish Coins: Highlights from the Lord Stewartby Collection at the Hunterian Museum, Glasgow
17th October 2024 – A talk by Cameron MacLean, Numismatist, 7.30 pm at the Holy Trinity Church (With thanks to Cameron McLean for… - Society Talk Summary: Tell-tale Timbers: St Mary’s in Haddington & the S.E. of Scotland
A talk by Dr Coralie Mills of Dendrochronicle – 5th September, 7.30 pm at the Holy Trinity Church In a very interesting… - 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 Society
The 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 Farm
The results of the geophysical survey at Abbey Mill Farm are now available and make interesting reading. You can view the final… - Society Talk Summary: Norman Churches in the Lothians
A talk by Bryan Hickman was held on 18th April 2024 at the Holy Trinity Church, Church Road, Haddington. The talk described… - Society Talk Summary: Getting away from it all – Marie de Guise’s Town House, Blyth’s Close, Edinburgh
A 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 Talk Summary: 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 Tour
You may have missed this great online resource (click here). The tour was originally compiled by the now defunct Haddington Community Development… - Society Talk Summary: Members night – Four Forgotten Haddingtonians
At 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 Talk Summary: The Republican Era in British History
A 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 Talk Summary: Mary of Guelders, (Queen of James II) and her connections to the Trinity Church in Edinburgh
A 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 Haddington
We are very pleased to make available two short videos about the lost industries of Haddington – click to view Haddington Industrial… - Society Talk Summary: The Parthenon Marbles and the Local Connection: Mary Nisbet, Countess of Elgin
Presented 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 Garvald
Volunteers from the Society joined forces with the Edinburgh Archaeology Field Society to undertake a geophysical survey around the remains of a… - Gateside Industrial Estate, Haddington
Gateside Hi-tech Industries: Haddington’s History Society, led by Eric Glendinning and working in conjunction with the European Ethnographic Centre at the University… - Education Pack
Haddington’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 Installed
The 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 Europe
The members of the Siege of Haddington Research Group (SHRG) have spent the last 5 years trawling the archives looking for anything and… - Siege Symposium
Traces of the Past – Local Historians search the archives for the ‘Lost Fortifications’ of Haddington Haddington’s History Society teamed up with…