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Whittinghame in the Great War

7/6/2016

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We're now half way through the four years of centenaries of the First World War. The scale of the war is in many ways incomprehensible. Every village was affected - every village has its own war memorial. Whittingehame in East Lothian was no exception. Whittingehame's memorial was formally unveiled in 1920 by Arthur Balfour, former Prime Minister. Balfour had himself played a prominent role in the First World War, succeeding Winston Churchill as First Lord of the Admiralty on 25 May 1915, then becoming Foreign Secretary on 10 December 1916, a post he held until after the war.

Balfour had been born in Whittingehame House, the son of the local MP, so it perhaps was no surprise that he agreed to unveil the war memorial in the parish of his birth.

Recently, though, while looking through the records of Whittingehame Kirk Session, we came across war-time copies of the parish magazine. In the January 1915 issue, the parish minister gives a Roll of Honour:
Roll of Honour for Whittingehame Parish
Containing the names of all now in Military Service whose homes are in this Parish, or who enlisted while here.
I. At The Front
1. Second Lieutenant O H C Balfour, 60th Rifles; was in battles of Mons, Marne, and Aisne; wounded in the last; mentioned in Dispatches of Sir John French.
2. Matthew Symington Aitchison, Stoneypath, Royal Scots.
3. James Aitchison, Stoneypath, Seaforth Highlanders.
4. William Aitchison, Stoneypath, Seaforth Highlanders.
5. Staff Nurse Millicent Bruce Peterkin, Queen Alexandra’s Imperial Military Nursing Service.
6. Andrew Steel, Manse Cottage, Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders
 
II. Territorial Force
7. Colonel Edward Peterkin, VD,, Commanding 10th (Reserve) Battalion, the Royal Scots.
8. James Clark, Luggate, Lothians and Border Horse.
9. George Robertson, Luggate, Royal Scots.
III. In Lord Kitchener’s Army
10. David Stoddart, Papple, Seaforth Highlanders.
11. George White, Overfield, Seaforth Highlanders.
12. George Burgess, The Gardens, 5th Dragoon Guards.
13. Eric Griffin, Whittingehame House, 5th Dragoon Guards.
14. John Macintosh, Whittingehame House, 5th Dragoon Guards.
15. George Jeffrey, Home Farm, Seaforth Highlanders.
16. John Jarvis, Papple, Army Service Corps.
17. James Jarvis, Papple, Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders.
18. James Gray, Home Farm, Cameron Highlanders.
19. George Horsburgh, Joiner’s Lodge, Army Service Corps.
20. Arthur Brett, The Stables, Army Service Corps.
21. James Dickson, Home Farm, Army Service Corps.
22. Thomas Brown, Stoneypath, Cameron Highlanders.
23. David Bisset, Newmains, Cameron Highlanders.
24. John Brodie, Westmains, Cameron Highlanders.
25. William Johnston, Westmains, Scots Guards.
26. James White, The Gardens, Scots Guards.
27. William Keiller, The Gardens, Scots Guards.
28. Alfred Pringle, Luggate, Royal Artillery.
29. Thomas Rutherford, 8th Royal Scots.
It's worth bearing in mind that in 1911, there were only 92 men aged 18 to 40 in the whole parish. This would seem to suggest that around one-third of the adult male population had signed up a full year before conscription was introduced by the Military Service Act 1916.

A year later, the parish magazine again contained a Roll of Honour
​Roll of Honour for Whittingehame Parish, January 1916
I. In Regular Army
1. Lieutenant Oswald Balfour, 60th Rifles. Mentioned in dispatches. Twice wounded. Now in England
Matthew Symington, Stoneypath, Royal Scots. Killed in battle 25th September 1915.
2. James Aitchison, Stoneypath, Seaforth Highlanders. Now in hospital in France.
3. William Aitchison, Stoneypath, Seaforth Highlanders. Now in France
4. Thomas Calder Kerr, Whitelaw, Sergeant, Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders. Now in France.
5. William Inglis, Stoneypath Tower, Gordon Highlanders. Now at Aberdeen.
 
II. Territorial Force
6. James Clark, Luggate, Lothians and Border Horse. Now in France.
7. George Robertson, Luggate, Royal Scots. Now in Scotland
8. Thomas Rutherford, Home Farm, 8th Royal Scots. Now at Falkirk.
9. Alexander Punton Kerr, Whitelaw, 8th Royal Scots. Now in France.
III. In Lord Kitchener’s Army
David Stoddart, Papple, Seaforth Highlanders. Killed in battle on 25th September 1915.
10. George White, Overfield, Seaforth Highlanders. Now in hospital in France.
11. George Burgess, Whittingehame Gardens, 2nd Battalion Leicesters. Now in France. [Annotation Killed Mesopotamia Jan 1916].
12. Eric Griffin, Whittingehame House, King’s Own Yorkshire Light Infantry. Now in France.
13. John Mackintosh, Whittingehame House, 1st King’s Dragoon Guards. Now in France.
14. John Jarvis, Papple, Field Ambulance, France.
15. James Jarvis, Papple, Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders. Now in France.
16. David Jarvis, Papple, Black Watch, Nigg Camp, Ross-shire.
17. James Gray, Home Farm, Cameron Highlanders. Wounded in France. Now at Invergordon. [Annotation Killed]
18. James Dickson, Home Farm, Army Service Corps. Now in France.
19. George Horsburgh, Joiner’s Lodge, Field Ambulance Shoeing Smith. Now in France.
20. Arthur Brett, The Stables, Army Mechanical Transport. Now in France.
21. David Bisset, Newmains, Cameron Highlanders. Wounded. Now again in France.
22. John Brodie, Westmains, Cameron Highlanders. Twice wounded. Now at Invergordon.
William Johnston, Westmains, Scots Guards. Believed to have been killed in action.
23. James White, The Gardens, Scots Guards. Wounded seriously. Now in hospital in Manchester.
24. William Keiller, Whittingehame Gardens, Scots Guards. Believed to be wounded and in hospital. [Annotation Killed]
25. John Stoddart, Papple, attached to Entrenching Battalion in France.
26. Archibald Bisset, Whittingehame Mains, Cameron Highlanders. At Invergordon.
27. James Brown, Home Farm, Cameron Highlanders. At Invergordon.
28. Alexander Willsher, Whittingehame Gardens, King’s Own Scottish Borderers. Marine Gardens, Edinburgh.
29. Albert Sturgeon, Whittingehame Gardens, King’s Own Scottish Borderers. Marine Gardens, Edinburgh.
30. Henry Dickson, Tower Cottage, Royal Horse Guards. Regent’s Park, London.
31. Arthur Mercer, Lady Eleanor’s Cottage, Gordon Highlanders. Now at Blairgowrie.
32. James W Robertson, The Manse, 15th Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders. Now at Gailes Camp, Ayrshire.
The number of men in service had increased a little, and five men - Matthew Symington, David Stoddart, George Burgess, James Gray, Matthew Keiller and William Johnston - had been killed and another six injured.

The toll continues to rise in the January 1917 issue of the parish magazine:
​[List of the dead]
David Stoddart, Papple.
James Gray, Home Farm.
George Burgess, The Gardens.
William Keiller, The Gardens.
Matthew Symington, Stoneypath.
William Johnston, West Mains.
Charles Fergie Russell, West Mains.
[Added in hand: James Jarvis, Papple; David Jarvis, Papple]
The following are the names of our men now in the Army, set down according to their homes.
 
From Whittingehame House, Lodges and Home Farms.
Lieutenant Oswald Balfour, 60th Rifles. Now in Greece.
George White, Overfield, Seaforth Highlanders. Now in France.
John White, Heather Lodge, 9th Royal Scots. In Yorkshire.
Arthur Mercer, Lady Eleanor’s, Gordon Highlanders. Norwich.
George Horsburgh, Joiner’s Lodge, RAMC. In France.
Arthur Brett, Whittingehame Stables, ASC, France.
Thomas Rutherford, Home Farm, Royal Scots. France.
James Dickson, Home Farm, ASC, France.
John Kerr, Home Farm, Royal Scots. France.
Thomas Macdonald, Hailes, Royal Scots. North Berwick.
Charles Sherlaw, Luggateburn, ASC. London.
 
From Papple
John Stoddart, 4th Reserve, Royal Scots. Yorkshire.
John Jarvis, ASC, Transport Section. France.
Peter Jarvis, 12th Royal Scots. France.
James Jarvis, A and S Highlanders. France. [Annotation deleted]
David Jarvis, 8th Black Watch. France. [Annotation deleted]
Victor Anderson, Scottish Rifles. Yorkshire.
 
From Whittingehame Mains
Lieutenant J F Malcolm, RFA. On way to India.
Corporal T F Malcolm, RFA. In France.
George A Malcolm, RFA. Chelmsford.
David Bisset, 3rd Seaforth Highlanders. France.
Archibald Bisset, 1st Cameron Highlanders. Ireland.
George Calder, 1st Gordon Highlanders. In hospital, Northampton.
Adam Cameron, Lovat Scouts. France.
 
From West Mains
John Russell, Royal Scots Greys. Yorkshire.
John Brodie, 5th Cameron Highlanders. In hospital, Glasgow.
 
From Luggate and Luggateburn
James Clark, Lothians and Border Horse. Greece.
John Anderson, Sergeant, 2nd Canadian Division. Now in Surrey.
George Anderson, 2nd Canadian Division. In France.
George Robertson. Royal Scots. France.
John Blair, ASC. France.
 
From Stoneypath and Stoneypath Tower
George Anderson, Royal Field Artillery. Yorkshire.
Private Inglis, Gordon Highlanders. France.
John Montgomery, Royal Scots. Queensferry.
 
From New Mains
David Bisset, 1st Cameron Highlanders. France
 
From Yarrow
John Willens, 8th Royal Scots. France.
 
From Ruchlaw
Robert Hutchison, Air Mechanical Service. London.
Robert Adamson, Ayrshire Yeomanry. Hawick.
 
From the Manse
Cadet James W Robertson, France. [Annotation Lieu].
 
Other names may be added to this list – of men who had their homes here for a time, but whose present whereabouts is not known to us – John Macintosh, Eric Griffin, William M’Lachlan, Alexander Willsher, Albert Sturgeon, John Boa, James Slight. We shall be glad to hear good news of them also. One other (James White, formerly at The Gardens) has been seriously maimed, and has been long in hospital.
By this stage, going by the 1911 population figures, roughly half of the adult males in the parish were in the armed forces. The final list is then produced in the 1918 issue of the Parish Magazine
I print a Roll of Honour for the Congregation and Parish, which is as complete and up-to-date as I can manage to make it from any information that has been given me. I look forward to making express use of it especially in our meeting for prayer on the first Sunday of 1918, as the King has suggested. First, in a special Roll by themselves, I inscribe those who have died for home and country and for the great cause of righteousness and humanity involved in this War. They were seven in number a year ago; now they are twelve. We shall not see them again in this world, but we cherish their memory; it is a very sacred memory to us; for “greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends.”
David Stoddart, Papple.
James Gray, Home Farm.
George Burgess, The Gardens.
William Keiller, The Gardens.
Matthew Symington, Stoneypath.
William Johnston, West Mains.
Charles Fergie Russell, West Mains.
James Jarvis, Papple.
David Jarvis, Papple.
James W Robertson, The Manse.
William M’Lachlan, The Gardens.
George Calder, Whittingehame Mains.
To those above written we may add the name of Robert Smith, whose family is at Stoneypath.
 
The following are the names of our men now in Army service, set down according to their homes here:
 
From Whittingehame House, Lodges and Home Farms.
Captain Oswald Balfour, 60th Rifles. Now in Greece.
George White, Overfield, 7th Seaforths. Now in hospital at Penrith.
John White, Heather Lodge, 9th Royal Scots. Now in France.
Arthur Mercer, Lady Eleanor’s, Gordon Highlanders. Now in France.
George Horsburgh, Joiner’s Lodge, SS, RAMC. In France.
Arthur Brett, Stables, ASC. In France.
Thomas Rutherford, Home Farm, Royal Scots. In hospital in Liverpool.
James Dickson, Home Farm, ASC. France.
John Kerr, Home Farm, Royal Scots. France.
Thomas Macdonald, Hailes, Royal Scots. North Berwick.
Alexander Willsher, The Gardens, 2nd KOSB. In hospital, Manchester.
Charles Sherlaw, Luggateburn, ASC. London.
 
From Papple
John Stoddart, Royal Scots. In France.
John Jarvis, ASC, Transport Section. In France.
Peter Jarvis, 12th Royal Scots. In France.
Victor Anderson, Scottish Rifles. In Palestine.
 
From Whittingehame Mains
Lieutenant J F Malcolm, RFA. India.
Corporal T F Malcolm, RFA. Received discharge.
George A Malcolm, RFA. In France.
David Bisset, 3rd Seaforths. In France.
Archibald Bisset, 7th Cameron Highlanders. France.
Adam Cameron, Lovat Scouts. France.
 
From West Mains
John Russell, Lieutenant in Flying Corps. Reading.
John Brodie, 5th Cameron Highlanders. In Netley Hospital.
 
From Luggate
James Clark, Lothians and Border Horse. Greece.
Alexander Clark, Lieutenant in Flying Corps. England.
George Robertson. Labour Service. France.
John Blair, 7th Buffs. France.
 
From Yarrow, Stoneypath etc
George Anderson, RFA. In hospital, Cardiff.
David Bisset, 1st Cameron Highlanders. France
John Willens, 8th Royal Scots. France.
Robert Hutchison, Air Mechanical Service. England.
 
Other names may be added to this list – of men who had their homes here for a time but whose present whereabouts is not know to us, as John Mackintosh, Eric Griffin, Albert Sturgeon, John Boa, James Slight.
There is no reason to suppose that Whittingehame was in any way exceptional in this regard. It just goes to show the enormity of World War I that roughly half the men of the village saw action, of whom about a quarter were killed.
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History talks and Events 4 - 10 June 2016

31/5/2016

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Upcoming family history talks and events in Scotland, 4 - 10 June 2016

Note that there may be a small charge for some of these events, and some may be for members only. We will be publishing lists of upcoming talks and events regularly - if you are organising a talk or event relating to Scottish genealogy or history, please let us know and we will be happy to add your events to our list.

Saturday, June 4 2016, 10 am - 12 pm

Pre-1841 Censuses

Bruce Bishop

Venue: Scottish Genealogy Society Library, 15 Victoria Terrace, Edinburgh, EH1 2JL

Scottish Genealogy Society

Bruce Bishop will talk about where to find these rare records, what they contain and how they can assist your research.


Saturday, June 4 2016, 9 am - 4.30 pm

South Ayrshire History and Family History Fair

Venue: Walker Halls, Troon, Ayrshire

South Ayrshire Libraries

9.00am – Registration 9.45am – Councillor Bill Grant Chairman – Dauvit Broun 10.00am “The Smuggling Coast from Stranraer to Girvan” Frances Wilkins 11.00am “Ayrshire before history: a personal view of early sites and their archaeology” Tom Barclay Lunch 2.00pm “Men at War: securing Burns’ memory in the West of Scotland, c 1859-c1896 (the race between the towns of the region to have a statue of Robert Burns)” Chris Whatley 3.00pm “A Founder’s Workshop from the Bronze Age? Excavations from the shadow of Hunterston” Thomas Rees


Monday, June 6 2016, 10 am - 4 pm

Day with Mary Queen of Scots

Venue: John Gray Centre

Friends of the John Gray Centre

Mary Queen of Scots still fires imagination of many people, and her story is closely interlinked with that of Haddington and East Lothian. Spend a fascinating day listening to talks about Mary and her links with the county viewing original documents and artefacts from the JGC collections and participating in the hands-on workshop.


Monday, June 6 2016, 7 pm for 7.30 pm

AGM and Members' Night

Venue: Drummond Community High School, Bellevue Place, Edinburgh

Broughton History Society


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Adultery in Athelstaneford

1/4/2016

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The following entries are from Athelstaneford Kirk Session minutes, and the minutes of the Presbytery of Haddington.
Athelstaneford Kirk Session minutes CH2/18/1 p. 180
Athelstaneford 27th April 1834
This day the Session met and being constituted by prayer, compeared Janet Brook charged with being with child. Being interrogated she acknowledged the truth of the charge and declared that Mr Thomas Darling, tenant of West Fortune is the father of the child, with which she has been pregnant eight months. She said that Mr Darling promised to support the child. She was admonished and dismissed. Sederunt closed with prayer.

CH2/18/1 p. 182-185
Athelstaneford 11th July 1834
The Kirk Session of Athelstaneford met according to appointment and was constituted, consisting of the Moderator and Mr Walter Gibson, Mr Francis Shirreff and Sir David Kinloch Baronet, Elders. Sir David Kinloch stated that the object of this meeting was to make a brief statement of facts relative to the conduct of Mr Darling, farmer in this parish, when a short statement was laid before the meeting, with being altered and amended is as follows –
Statement
Mr Thomas Darling a farmer in this parish, having been accused of Adultery with Janet Brook, and the Minister having written him a friendly letter, advising him to subject to the Rules of the Church, and get the matter settled, Mr Darling in replay acknowledged his guilt, and proposed to pay a fine for behoof of the poor of this parish; but said he would not appear before the Kirk Session, and if this was indispensable, his case must remain on the same footing in which it stands.
The usual time of dispensing the Lord’s Supper in this parish being at hand, and Mr Darling having acknowledged himself guilty of adultery, the Kirk Session had no idea that he would claim the privilege of Church membership until he was regularly absolved from the scandal under which he lay; but on the Saturday before the Communion, the day on which tokens are given, he demanded a token from the Elders, which they refused, in consequence of which many abusive expressions were uttered against them by him.
His wife having got a token, he took it from her and violently threw it away as far as he could. On the Sabbath morning he behaved to the Elders in a similar manner, and his conduct was so abusive and outrageous as to put one of the Elders into such a state of agitation that it was with difficulty he could perform the duties of his office that day. His conduct at that time was so violent as to be heard within the Church, and disturbed part of the congregation whilst worshipping. Notwithstanding his being refused a token, and being remonstrated with by the Elders, Mr Darling intruded himself to the Lord’s table, and the Kirk Session, in order to prevent a riot and confusion in the Church during the solemnity did not use force to remove him from the table.
The Kirk Session of Athelstaneford can not overlook this outrage and daring violation of the Rules of the Church, and in order to prevent similar outrages being committed in time to come, they will, if advised to do so, apply to his Majesty’s Solicitor General, that this disorderly person be prosecuted in some competent Court, there being much ground to suspect that his conduct on his occasion was intended to throw contempt on our venerable Church and on her office bearers.
In the meantime the Kirk Session resolve to lay the above statement of facts before the learned Procurator for the Church of Scotland, and they respectfully crave his advice in this case.
The Kirk Session feel it their duty to lay a similar statement of this case before the Presbytery of Haddington, to whom they look up with great respect, for advice and direction in this and in other difficult cases.

CH2/18/1 p. 186
Athelstaneford 22nd August 1834
The Kirk Session of Athelstaneford being met and constituted by prayer, they did and hereby do, agreeably to the advice of the Presbytery of Haddington, issue a summons to Mr Thomas Darling, farmer of West Fortune, to attend a Meeting of the Kirk Session of this Parish, immediately after Sermon on Sabbath first, if convenient for him, or at farthest on Sabbath the 31st current, immediately after Sermon. And the Kirk Session appoint John Paterson, Kirk Officer of this Parish, to leave this summons at the house of Mr Darling before witnesses. This meeting closed with prayer.

Athelstaneford 22nd August 1834
The Kirk Session of this Parish being met and constituted, they reviewed their statement of the 11th of July last relative to Mr Darling. They adhere to that statement and they hereby refer the whole of it, so far as it bears on his conduct, to the consideration of the Presbytery of Haddington.

​Athelstaneford 7th Sep 1834
This day the Kirk Session met, and being constituted by prayer, compeared Janet Brook (see minute 27th April 1834). Being suitably rebuked and admonished she was absolved from the scandal of the offence. Sederunt closed with prayer.
 
Presbytery of Haddington CH2/185/14 p. 128-129
Haddington 2d September 1834
[…]
There was produced and read a Reference from the Kirk Session of Athelstaneford dated 22d August 1834. The Presbytery sustained the Reference, and appointed their officer to summon Mr Thomas Darling farmer at West Fortune to appear before the Presbytery on the 4th day of October next at 12 o’clock noon to answer the Charges of Adultery and profane intrusion on the Ordinance of Our Lord’s Supper. And also to summon the Kirk Session of Athelstaneford to appear before them on the same day.

CH2/185/14 p. 130
Haddington 14th October 1834
[…]
Parties having been called in the case referred to the Presbytery from the Kirk Session of Athelstaneford. Compeared for the Kirk Session the Revd William Ritchie, and Sir David Kinloch, Elder. And Mr Thomas Darling for himself. After mature deliberation the Presbytery agreed to delay giving judgment in this case till next meeting.

​CH2/185/14 p 132
Haddington 9th December 1834
[…]
Parties having been called in the case from the Kirk Session of Athelstaneford there appeared the Reverend Mr Ritchie for the Kirk Session, and Mr Darling for himself, with Mr Younger as his Counsel. Parties having been heard, and Mr Darling having been interrogated whether he cordially and unqualifiedly expressed his sorrow and contrition both in the sight of God and of man for the sin of Adultery and profane intrusion on the Lord’s Supper with which he had been charged before the Presbytery, he replied that he did so unqualifiedly. And being also interrogated whether he would willingly submit himself to the authority of the Kirk Session of Athelstaneford according to the rules of the Church, he also replied that he would do so willingly.
After reasoning the Presbytery agreed to remit this most distressing and important case to the Kirk Session of Athelstaneford with instructions to proceed according to the rules of the church; and before they proceed to absolve Mr Darling, to report to the Presbytery, which report shall lie on the table till the next ordinary meeting thereafter.
Thomas Darling is not mentioned again in the Kirk Session minutes for Athelstaneford. He does appear at West Fortune in the 1841 census, a farmer aged 42. Janet Brook is also found living in Athelstaneford village in 1841, with her 7 year old son, David Darling. Although the child is not named in the Athelstaneford Kirk Session or Presbytery of Haddington records, it seems almost certain that David Darling is in fact Thomas Darling's son.

Without the Kirk Session records, it might not otherwise have been possible to identify David's father. These entries also illustrate how individual Kirk Sessions could refer cases to their Presbytery for a ruling. As well as revealing the likely father of David Darling, the entries also reveal something of the character of Thomas Darling. You can see what other records are available for Athelstaneford here.
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History talks and events 14-20 March 2016

8/3/2016

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Upcoming family history talks and events in Scotland, 14 - 20 March 2016

Note that there may be a small charge for some of these events, and some may be for members only. We will be publishing lists of upcoming talks and events regularly - if you are organising a talk or event relating to Scottish genealogy or history, please let us know and we will be happy to add your events to our list.
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Monday, March 14 2016, 6.00 pm - 7.00 pm

Living and dying at Auldhame, East Lothian

Dr Anne Crone, Project Manager, AOC Archaeology

Venue: Auditorium, National Museums Scotland, Chambers Street

Society of Antiquaries of Scotland

Excavations on the headland at Auldhame have uncovered a millennium of burial activity, from the 7th century to the 17th century AD. The earliest phase saw the establishment of a monastic settlement probably associated with the Anglian saint, Balthere. A grave with Hiberno-Norse connections signaled the end of this settlement, possibly violently, and the site subsequently became a parish church and graveyard, finally ending up as a family burial aisle or mortuary chapel for Adam Otterburn, four times provost of Edinburgh.


Monday, March 14 2016, 7 pm

The Old Turkey Red Textile Industry in West Dunbartonshire

Katy West, Glasgow

Venue: Newton Lounge

Cumbrae Historical Society


Monday, March 14 2016, 7.30 pm

The Innocent Railway

Jim Waugh

Venue: Dalkeith Baptist Church, North Wynd, Dalkeith

Dalkeith History Society


Monday, March 14 2016, 7.30 pm

Open Evening

Venue: Luncarty Church Centre

West Stormont Historical Society

Non-members: adults £3, concessions £2. (Open discussion meetings at Luncarty are free)


Monday, March 14 2016, 7.30 pm

Reflections on 45 Years of Making Pots

Archie McCall

Venue: Partick Burgh Hall, room 1, 3-9a Burgh Hall Street, Glasgow, G11 5LN

Scottish Pottery Society


Monday, March 14 2016, 7.30 pm - 9.30 pm

Underground with Jules Verne in Scotland and Iceland

Julian Ward

Venue: Alloa Town Hall (Tommy Downs Room)

Clackmannanshire Field Studies Society


Tuesday, March 15 2016, 7.30 pm

Great Wall of China

Dr Raymond Shaw

Venue: West Kilbride Community Centre, Corse Street, West Kilbride, KA23 9AX

West Kilbride Civic Society

Under the reign of Emperor Qin, China was united. In about 217BC in an attempt to keep out the invaders from the north he ordered the different regions to build a wall from the coast in the east to the Gobi desert in the west, some 21,196 kilometres long. Hear the fascinating stories of the materials used, life in the forts, and its use as a supply route along difficult terrain, and the rebuilding in subsequent dynasties.


Tuesday, March 15 2016, 7.30 pm

History of Brewing in Scotland

Forbes Gibb

Venue: Kilmarnock College, Holehouse Rd, Kilmarnock

Kilmarnock & District History Group


Tuesday, March 15 2016, 7.30 pm

The Archaeology of Leith Fort

Venue: Leith Community Education Centre in the New Kirkgate

Leith Local History Society


Tuesday, March 15 2016, 7.30 pm - 8.30 pm

Living and dying at Auldhame, East Lothian

Dr Anne Crone, Project Manager, AOC Archaeology

Venue: Regent Building Lecture Theatre, Regent Walk, Aberdeen, AB24 3FX

Society of Antiquaries of Scotland

Excavations on the headland at Auldhame have uncovered a millennium of burial activity, from the 7th century to the 17th century AD. The earliest phase saw the establishment of a monastic settlement probably associated with the Anglian saint, Balthere. A grave with Hiberno-Norse connections signaled the end of this settlement, possibly violently, and the site subsequently became a parish church and graveyard, finally ending up as a family burial aisle or mortuary chapel for Adam Otterburn, four times provost of Edinburgh.


Wednesday, March 16 2016, 7.00 pm

St Mary's Cathedral and Giles Gilbert Scott

Dr Eleanor Harris

Venue: Augustine Church, George IV Bridge, Edinburgh

The Old Edinburgh Club


Wednesday, March 16 2016, 7.30 pm

The Celtic Monastry of Old Melrose - St Cuthbert's First Monastic Homey

Dr Margaret Collin

Venue: Selkirk Parish Church Hall

Selkirkshire Antiquarian Society


Wednesday, March 16 2016, 7.30 pm

The Glory of Stained Glass

Ros Mitchell

Venue: Falkirk Old and St Modan's Parish Church

Falkirk Local History Society


Wednesday, March 16 2016, 7.30 pm

The Flemish in Scotland

John Irvine

Venue: Acredale House, Mid Street, Bathgate

West Lothian History and Amenity Society


Wednesday, March 16 2016, 7.30 pm

Local Lawyers in Early Modern Scotland

John Finlay

Venue: Supper Room, Town House, Haddington

East Lothian Antiquarian & Field Naturalists' Society

John Finlay, Professor of Scots Law, Glasgow University, will introduce us to local lawyers in early modern Scotland.


Thursday, March 17 2016

Pilgrims and Fife

Nick Cooke

Elie & Earlsferry History Society

Nick Cooke of Scottish Pilgrim Routes Federation presents developments of the Fife Routes


Thursday, March 17 2016, 2.30pm

Simply a Jacobite Heroine Margaret, Lady Nairne 1673-1747

Dr Nicola Cowmeadow

Venue: Moulin Hall, Moulin

North Perthshire Family History Group

£3 for visitors


Thursday, March 17 2016, 7 pm

Ayrshire Place Names

Ian McVey

Venue: Rothesay House, Cumnock

Cumnock History Group


Thursday, March 17 2016, 7.30 pm

Broken sword: The excavation of a ritual deposit of Bronze Age metalwork on the Isle of Coll

Natasha Ferguson and Trevor Cowie, National Museums of Scotland

Venue: Lecture Theatre 2, Boyd Orr Building, University of Glasgow University Avenue

Glasgow Archaeological Society


Thursday, March 17 2016, 7.30 pm

My Early Working Life on the Highland Railways

John MacDonald, Rogart Heritage Society

Venue: Brora Community Centre

Clyne Heritage Society

Also AGM


Thursday, March 17 2016, 7.30 pm

Evidence of Prehistoric People In & Around Kirkcaldy

Steve Liscoe

Venue: Kirkcaldy Old Kirk, Kirk Wynd

Kirkcaldy Civic Society


Thursday, March 17 2016, 7.30 pm

Glasgow City Archives – Family History

Dr Irene O'Brien

Venue: Paisley Museum, High Street, Paisley

Renfrewshire Family History Society


Thursday, March 17 2016, 7.30 pm

Skibo and The Great War

Victoria Connor

Venue: Council Chamber, Carnegie Building, Dornoch

Dornoch Heritage Society


Thursday, March 17 2016, 7.30 pm

Place-names of the original John Muir Way: a journey through time

Liz Curtis

Venue: Haddington Town House

Haddington's History Society


Friday, March 18 2016, 7.30 pm

New Life for an Old Place, Falkland Palace Estate Trust

Ninian Stuart, Chairman, Falkland Palace Estate Trust

Venue: Aytoun Hall, High Street, Auchterarder

Auchterarder and District Local History Association


Saturday, March 19 2016, 2.00 pm

Family Search

Brian McKechnie, Patron Services Manager LDS

Venue: Manchester Central Library

Anglo-Scottish Family History Society


Saturday, March 19 2016, 2.00pm-4.30pm

Characters Associated With Taranty Ha

Albert Thomson

Venue: Unitarian Church Centre

Aberdeen and North East Scotland Family History Society

Preceded by AGM


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History talks and events 8 - 14 February 2016

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Upcoming family history talks and events in Scotland, 8 - 14 February 2016

Note that there may be a small charge for some of these events, and some may be for members only. We will be publishing lists of upcoming talks and events regularly - if you are organising a talk or event relating to Scottish genealogy or history, please let us know and we will be happy to add your events to our list.

Monday, February 8 2016, 7 pm

The History of the Victoria Cross

Alex Hall, Glengarnock

Venue: Newton Lounge

Cumbrae Historical Society


Monday, February 8 2016, 7 pm for 7.30 pm

BBC Scotland: Early Years and the Edinburgh Connection

Mike Shaw

Venue: Drummond Community High School, Bellevue Place, Edinburgh

Broughton History Society


Monday, February 8 2016, 7.30 pm

Midlothian Castles Then and Now and Peebles Town History

Andrew Stewart

Venue: Dalkeith Baptist Church, North Wynd, Dalkeith

Dalkeith History Society


Monday, February 8 2016, 7.30 pm

Open Evening

Venue: Luncarty Church Centre

West Stormont Historical Society

Non-members: adults £3, concessions £2. (Open discussion meetings at Luncarty are free)


Monday, February 8 2016, 7.30 pm

National Trust of Scotland Archives

Ian Riches, NTS Archivist

Venue: Gibson Craig Memorial Hall, Lanark Road West, Currie

Currie & District Local History Society

As we wander and delight in the gardens, the properties and the landscape who knows what else is held? Ian Richies, NTS Archivist, leads us on a visual trip into the vast archives of the NTS.


Monday, February 8 2016, 7.30 pm

TBA

George Haggarty

Venue: Partick Burgh Hall, room 1, 3-9a Burgh Hall Street, Glasgow, G11 5LN

Scottish Pottery Society


Monday, February 8 2016, 7.30 pm - 9.30 pm

Uncovering a Medieval Transport Hub: Cambuskenneth and its lost causeway and harbour

Dr Murray Cook

Venue: Alloa Town Hall (Tommy Downs Room)

Clackmannanshire Field Studies Society

Speaker is Archaeologist, Stirling & Clackmannanshire Councils


Tuesday, February 9 2016, 2.00 pm

St. Athernase Church & Scottish Churches Trust

Roma Roy

Venue: Kirkcaldy Old Kirk, Kirk Wynd

Kirkcaldy Civic Society


Tuesday, February 9 2016, 2.00 pm

Genealogy of Fishermen

Iain Murray

Venue: Fife Fisheries Museum, Anstruther

Fife Family History Society

Speaker from Fife Fisheries Museum


Tuesday, February 9 2016, 6 pm

Focus on Built Heritage for Communities: Scotland’s canal buildings, Scotland's Sporting Buildings

Nick Haynes

Venue: Dalhousie Building, Old Hawkhill, University of Dundee, DD1 4EN

Architectural Heritage Society of Scotland


Tuesday, February 9 2016, 6.00 pm - 7.00 pm

The origin of the Picts? Excavations at Dunnicaer sea stack

Dr Gordon Noble

Venue: Regent Building Lecture Theatre, Regent Walk, Aberdeen, AB24 3FX

Society of Antiquaries of Scotland

Dr Gordon Noble, University of Aberdeen, will present this lecture at the Regent Building Lecture Theatre, University of Aberdeen, hosted by the Aberdeen and North East Section of the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland.


Tuesday, February 9 2016, 7.30 pm

One Small Step for Amphibians, but a Giant Leap for Life on Earth

Dr Nick Fraser

Venue: Auditorium, Eastgate Theatre and Arts Centre, Peebles

Tweeddale Society

The evolution of vertebrates from water to land some 350 million years ago is a major step in the history of life on earth. Until recently, there was a worldwide gap in the fossil record but discoveries in the Borders have filled this gap. Dr. Fraser, Keeper of Natural Sciences at the National Museum of Scotland, will explain the significance of these finds and how they provide a fascinating insight into the development of land-living vertebrates.


Tuesday, February 9 2016, 7.30 pm

The Sixth Earl of Mar

Murray Dickie, local historian

Venue: Dining Hall, Dollar Academy

Dollar History Society


Tuesday, February 9 2016, 7.30 pm

Birdie Bowers of Scott's Antarctic Expedition

Drew McKenzie

Venue: Largs Library Community Room

Largs and North Ayrshire Family History Society


Tuesday, February 9 2016, 7.30 pm - 9.30 pm

Dugald Semple (1884-1964): The Hermit of Linwood Moss and the Idea of Life Reform in the Early 20th Century

Steven Sutcliffe

Venue: Masonic Halls, Collier Street, Johnstone

Johnstone Historical Society


Wednesday, February 10 2016

Travellers in East Lothian

Jess Smith , author and traditional storyteller

Venue: Coastal Communities Museum, School Road, North Berwick, East Lothian EH39 4JU

Coastal Communities Museum


Wednesday, February 10 2016, 2.00 pm - 4.00 pm

Sir Edward Elgar’s Life and Work

Paul Bassett

Venue: Kincardine Community Centre - Hepburn Room

Kincardine-on-Forth Local History Group


Wednesday, February 10 2016, 2.15 pm

Dundee Afternoon Lecture: ‘Independent and Individualist’ – Art in Dundee 1867-1924

Venue: D’Arcy Thompson Lecture Theatre, Tower Building, University of Dundee

Abertay Historical Society


Wednesday, February 10 2016, 7.30 pm

Little Ross Lighthouse: How it came to be built

David Collin

Venue: Parish Church Hall, St Mary Street, Kirkcudbright, DG6 4DN

Kirkcudbright History Society


Wednesday, February 10 2016, 7.30 pm

Someone to Watch Over Me: Kirk and Community

Margaret Fox

Venue: Volunteer Hall, Galashiels

Old Gala Club


Wednesday, February 10 2016, 7.30 pm

Kolkota, Scots Cemetery

Ian Stein

Venue: Smith Museum and Art Gallery, Dumbarton Road, Stirling

Central Scotland Family History Society


Wednesday, February 10 2016, 7.30 pm

Arthurian links with Dumbarton, the Rock and the local area

Hugh McArthur

Venue: Concord Community Centre (next to the Denny Theatre), Dumbarton, G82 1LJ

Lennox Heritage Society

There is tantalising evidence of King Arthur across Scotland, even at Dumbarton Rock. Hugh has studied the subject for many years and has published his findings.


Thursday, February 11 2016

Members' Night

Elie & Earlsferry History Society


Thursday, February 11 2016, 4.00pm-6.00pm

The Journey to the District Asylum: Royal Asylums, Private Madhouses, and Stirling District Asylum

Dr Iain Hutchison, University of Glasgow

Venue: A96, Pathfoot Building, University of Stirling

University of Stirling

The surviving records of Stirling District Asylum, opened in 1869, and known locally as Bellsdyke, were recently deposited with the University of Stirling's archive collection where they have been cleaned, repaired and catalogued in readiness for their use as a valuable research resource. Institutional confinement of people with mental troubles prior to the opening of Bellsdyke and other district asylums was made by "the Royals" - a network of seven asylums that catered for both pauper and private (i.e. fee-paying) patients - in accommodation that befitted their social stations and economic circumstances. The modest fees for lowly paupers were nonetheless too high and "extravagant" in the eyes of some parochial boards administering the Poor Law and this enabled privately-run "madhouses" to offer an alternative. This structure of dual provision began to change following probing investigations in 1855 and the implementation of the Lunacy (Scotland) Act in 1857. The Act resulted in the gradually construction of district asylums, such as Bellsdyke, for pauper lunatics - a development that was to see the Royals direct attention solely towards private patients, and the closure of private madhouses. This paper will trace the roles of the Royals, private madhouses, and district asylums in nineteenth-century Scotland. It will endeavour to gauge inmate experience, with particular reference to Stirling's Bellsdyke Asylum. Iain Hutchison is Research Associate in Economic and Social History at the University of Glasgow. He is on the Board of the worldwide Disability History Association and, more locally, he is a member of the board of trustees of Disability History Scotland. He is reviews editor for H-Disability. He has recently been working on the history of Glasgow's Royal Hospital for Sick Children, funded by Wellcome and other bodies; and on the Leverhulme-funded "Matrons to Microbes" project where he has been investigating the history of infection control at the Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh and Glasgow Royal Infirmary. However, he is primarily an historian of disability and most recently was the research historian for the HLF-funded "Seeing Our History" project for RNIB Scotland. This event is free and is open to staff, students and members of the public.


Thursday, February 11 2016, 7.30 pm

Raised from the Ashes - the Levenhall Story

Nick Aitken, ranger, East Lothian Council

Venue: St Peter's Church Hall, High Street, Musselburgh

Musselburgh Conservation Society


Thursday, February 11 2016, 7.30 pm

Forth Estuary Forum

Christopher Cutts

Venue: Queens Hall, Charlestown, KY11 3EG

Gellet Society

The North Queensferry Heritage Trust is a long established group that has been dedicated to preserving and promoting the history and beauty of North Queensferry and the immediate surroundings. It aims to encourage, preserve, develop and improve features of historic, architectural or environmental value. Their role in the future development of the town’s tourist industry is vital. The Trust was originally constituted on 4th May 1988 as a charity, registered in Scotland and is a member of Scottish Civic Trust, Scottish wildlife Trust and the Forth Estuary Forum. James Lawson is Chairman of the trust and will be telling you all about the recent attractions and activities that the Trust have actively been involved with.


Thursday, February 11 2016, 7.30 pm

Your Local Archive

Venue: MacRobert Hall, The Square, Tarland

Cromar History Group

The Archive Team will be launching the Cromar History Group archive web-site which will give public access to all the material categorised to date. Full of fascinating items – pictures, postcards and artefacts – come and see what we hold and how you can access details and photos of the material in the archive.


Thursday, February 11 2016, 7.30 pm

Waterloo Uncovered: The archaeology of Europe’s most famous battle

Tony Pollard (University of Glasgow)

Venue: The Shawl Gallery, Paisley Museum, High Street, Paisley

Renfrewshire Local History Forum

Speaker is Director, Centre of Battlefield Archaeology, University of Glasgow


Thursday, February 11 2016, 7.30 pm - 9.00 pm

History of Lanark Visitors Centre

Ainsley Gough

Venue: Johnnie Walker Bond, Strand Street Kilmarnock

East Ayrshire Family History Society


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