Dr David Anderson, a founder Member of Dunbar and DistrictHistory Society, will give a talk covering the routine of day-to-day collections, disbursements and the knottier problems that the elders and minister wrangled over - witchcraft, flyting, Church ordinances, Kirk maintenance, murder and the other emergencies that cropped up from time to time. 

A Question-and-Answer session will follow thereafter with an opportunity to view a complementary display of aspects of parochial history from / through photographs, extracts from original records, etc. 

The church will also be open to view the displays and the 1650 Battle of Dunbar Exhibition on Wednesday mornings throughout the summer, including on the Wednesdays (3rd and 10th September) and the morning of Saturday (6th September) during the Archaeology & Heritage Fortnight. On Sunday 14 September  it  will  be  open  from 2:00 to 4:00pm.

Event is Free but Booking required

For information on the full programme for the Archaeology & Heritage Fortnight 2025, please see at:

East Lothian Archaeology & Heritage Fortnight – John Gray Centre