Keep abreast of Society News and Events – hope you find them of interest
- 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 Talks: Members night – Four Forgotten Haddingtonians, Quiz & Refreshments
The event will be on Thursday 7 December at 7.30pm but please note the change to the usual venue – HOLY TRINITY… - 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 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 public
St 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 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… - Programme of Talks for 2023-24
We are pleased to announce the programme for 2023-24. All talks are held in the West Church Sanctuary, Court Street, Haddington at… - 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… - Events in the Area you might find interesting: Winter 2023
Saturday, 9th December East Lothian Antiquarian & Field Naturalists’ Society ——————————————————————– Monday, 18th December 2023 Talk by Andrew McPherson on Gillies of Haddington… - 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…