Saturday, 9th December East Lothian Antiquarian & Field Naturalists’ Society ——————————————————————– Monday, 18th December 2023 Talk by Andrew McPherson on Gillies…Continue readingEvents in the Area you might find interesting: Winter 2023
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News & Events
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
Presented by Dr Amy Blakeway. Amy is a Senior Lecturer in Scottish History at the University of St Andrews. She…Continue readingLieutenants and Loyalty: How did Mary, Queen of Scots rule Scotland from an English prison?
by Victoria Brown (Education Manager, National Mining Museum, Newtongrange) – 16 March 2023 Victoria began by outlining the huge scale…Continue readingA Mine of Information: Coal Mining in East Lothian
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Haddington’s History Society has developed an Education Pack for use in primary schools on the Life in a Scottish Medieval…Continue readingEducation Pack
By Dr Hanita Ritchie, Local History Officer East Lothian Council Library Service Throughout history, women from all corners of the…Continue readingThe Remarkable Women of East Lothian: A History in Pictures
20 January 2023 Steven Kerr, Librarian of RCSEd, gave us an enthusiastic and lively discourse on the history of the…Continue readingA Seal of Cause: The History and the People of the Royal College of Surgeons
Dr Alison Rosie of the National Records of Scotland spoke on this topic. She dealt comprehensively with the inventories and…Continue readingA Queen’s Jewel Box: The 1566 Inventory of Mary Queen of Scots
Traces of the Past – Local Historians search the archives for the ‘Lost Fortifications’ of Haddington Haddington’s History Society teamed…Continue readingSiege Symposium