Jon Cooper has brought together all the evidence from the recent Friary Project including the geophysics, archaeological excavation and finds.…Continue readingHot off the press: The Society’s Excavation at the Franciscan Friary
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News & Events
This years annual outing was to Abbotsford House Abbotsford Terrace, TD6 9BQ, Melrose on Thursday 15 May 2025. Abbotsford House…Continue reading2025 Member’s Outing: Abbotsford House
24 April 2025, 7.30 pm at the Holy Trinity Church – David Weinczok, Historian, writer, presenter, museums professional and Canadian-born…Continue readingTalk Summary: 2,000 Years of Fortification in East Lothian
20 March 2025, 7.30 pm at the Holy Trinity Church – by Peter Raine, Paediatric Surgeon This evening’s talk by…Continue readingSociety Talk Summary: Sir William Fergusson, Victorian Surgeon
20 February 2025, 7.30 pm at the Holy Trinity Church – Marie Macpherson, Convenor of the Haddington’s History Society The Scottish…Continue readingSociety Talk Summary: 16th Century Haddington During the Reformation
16 January 2025, 7.30 pm at the Holy Trinity Church – Rebekah Higgit, Principal Curator of Science, National Museums Scotland.…Continue readingSociety Talk Summary: The Ilay-Glynne Dial and the Scientific Interests and Patronage of Archibald Campbell, Earl of Ilay
21st November 2024 – Steven Veerapen, Historian and Author. Witches: A King’s Obsession Daemonologie: the Scottish Witch Hunt of 1597 and…Continue readingSociety Talk Summary: James VI and Daemonologie
17th October 2024 – A talk by Cameron MacLean, Numismatist, 7.30 pm at the Holy Trinity Church (With thanks to Cameron…Continue readingSociety Talk Summary: Six Centuries of Scottish Coins: Highlights from the Lord Stewartby Collection at the Hunterian Museum, Glasgow
A talk by Dr Coralie Mills of Dendrochronicle – 5th September, 7.30 pm at the Holy Trinity Church In a…Continue readingSociety Talk Summary: Tell-tale Timbers: St Mary’s in Haddington & the S.E. of Scotland
Click here to find out moreContinue readingDates for the Diary: East Lothian Archaeology & Heritage Fortnight