Thursday 3rd September 2026 – Dr Dan Atkinson, Marine Archaeologist. Holy Trinity About Dan Atkinson Head of Coastal, Marine and Inland…Continue readingSociety Talk: Shipwreck Archaeology in the Lothians and Beyond
Category: Programme and Events
Here we publish the upcoming events for the year – the backbone of the Society are the monthly talks, currently held in the Holy Trinity Church, Church St, Haddington. Members and non-members are very welcome.
You can read about previous talks at: https://haddingtonshistory.org.uk/topics/resources/previous-talks/
Please see a list of special events offered by the History Society for the ELAHF fortnight. You can check out…Continue readingHHS Events for the East Lothian Archaeology and Heritage Fortnight:
We are pleased to announce the programme for 2026-27. All talks will be held at Holy Trinity Church, Church Street,…Continue readingProgramme of Talks: Haddington’s History Society 2026-27
There are some great local societies in East Lothian offering talks on all sorts of historical topics. We’ll try to…Continue readingAround East Lothian: Talks and Events for 2026-27
Thursday 16 April 2026 – Heather Holmes, Ethnologist. Holy Trinity Church, Church Street, Haddington at 7.30pm. Irish migratory potato workers played…Continue readingTalk Summary: Irish Migratory Potato Workers in East Lothian in the late 19th and 20th Centuries
Thursday 19 March 2026 – Eric Melvin, Historian. Holy Trinity Church, Church Street, Haddington at 7.30pm. Following the publication of his…Continue readingSociety Talk: Duncan Napier, Founder of Napiers the Herbalists
Thursday 19th February, 7.30, Holy Trinity Church, Church St, Haddington – Caroline Milligan, ethnologist from the Centre for Research Collections…Continue readingTalk Summary: Haddington Voices & the European Ethnological Research Centre
Thursday 15th January, 7.30, Holy Trinity Church, Church St, Haddington – Elisabeth Rébeillé-Borgella, Historian. Esmé was a descendant of Sir…Continue readingTalk Summary: Esmé Stuart d’Aubigny, 1st Duke of Lennox (c 1542-1583): The Journey of a French Noble in Scotland
Thursday 18th December, 7.30, Holy Trinity Church, Church St, Haddington Pleasance Survey – Update on the Geophysics Survey at the Pleasance…Continue readingMembers Night: Short presentations on the Village of St Laurence House and an update on a Geophysical Survey at St Mary’s Pleasance followed by Bill’s History Quiz and mince pies.
20th November 2025, 7.30 pm at the Holy Trinity Church – Professor Sara Lodge. In a very entertaining and informative…Continue readingTalk Summary: The Mysterious Case of the Victorian Female Detective