St Mary’s Church from Slezer’s Scotland ‘The Prospect of the Town of Haddingtown’ – 17th CenturyContinue readingTown tours prove popular with the public
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A talk by Dr Amy Hayes on Mary of Guelders, (Queen of James II) and her connections to the Trinity…Continue readingSociety Talks: Mary of Guelders, (Queen of James II) and her connections to the Trinity Church in Edinburgh
We are very pleased to make available two short videos about the lost industries of Haddington – click to view…Continue readingYouTube videos: The Industries of Haddington
Presented by Ailsa Fortune September 2023 – At a significant time in the saga of the ‘Elgin’ marbles when the…Continue readingThe Parthenon Marbles and the Local Connection: Mary Nisbet, Countess of Elgin
We have documentary evidence that there was once a friary somewhere in the vicinity of the Holy Trinity Church, Haddington…Continue readingArchaeology: Did we find Haddington’s Franciscan Friary?
Volunteers from the Society joined forces with the Edinburgh Archaeology Field Society to undertake a geophysical survey around the remains…Continue readingGeophysics Survey at Papple Steading, near Garvald
Gateside Hi-tech Industries: Haddington’s History Society, led by Eric Glendinning and working in conjunction with the European Ethnographic Centre at…Continue readingGateside Industrial Estate, Haddington
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Education Pack
Haddington’s History Society has developed an Education Pack for use in primary schools on the Life in a Scottish Medieval…Continue readingEducation Pack
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
The members of the Siege of Haddington Research Group (SHRG) have spent the last 5 years trawling the archives looking for…Continue readingWreath laying: A tribute to the many injured and killed from all over Europe
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Siege Symposium
Traces of the Past – Local Historians search the archives for the ‘Lost Fortifications’ of Haddington Haddington’s History Society teamed…Continue readingSiege Symposium