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
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Test your knowledge of the town to identify the location of Brook’s tea shop and warehouse from this old bill…Continue readingWhere in Haddington was this shop to be found?
Test your knowledge of sculptures to be found around East Lothian. This quiz formed part of the HHS Members’ night…Continue readingHaddington’s History Society Quiz No.1
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
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
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