The 2024-2025 programme first notice

We’ve put together a packed programme of talks and excursions for the next year, kicking off with our centenary celebration…

The Pevsner Architectural Guide to Lothian with Professor Aonghus MacKechnie

This book event is being promoted by the Lamp of Lothian and is on Thursday 11 April at 7.30pm –…

The Balfour legacy: exploring the private papers of the Balfour Whittingehame family

The Society is pleased to present this talk by National Records of Scotland (NRS)Archivists Jocelyn Grant and Tessa Spencer, 2.30…

James Hutton: the forgotten Berwickshire farmer

The talk will cover Hutton’s contributions both as an innovative farmer and a skilled natural philosopher. His contribution on heat…

The Battle of Prestonpans Jacobite Museum

The Society has arranged a visit to the Battle of Prestonpans Jacobite Museum, Town Hall, High St., Prestonpans, EH32 9AY…

Dates for the diary – AGM and Annual Dinner

The ELFANS Annual Dinner and AGM shall take place in April and May Annual Dinner 2023 For the first time…

Life in Mesolithic East Lothian

The Society is pleased to present this talk at 2.30 PM on Saturday 18th March, 2023 at the Maitlandfield House…

John Rennie

Professor Roland Paxton and Northern Lighthouse Board have kindly granted permission for the Society to make the following article available,…

British Association for Local History

As the Society is a member of the British Association for Local History (BALH), our members can benefit from discounted…

The Roman Treasure from Traprain Law

Talk by Dr Fraser Hunter, Principal Curator, Iron Age & Roman Collections, National Museum of Scotland. The Society is pleased…