The recording of Catherine Erskine's talk on the Cambo Estate is now available to view.

Introducing the Falkland Society

The Falkland Society exists to promote knowledge and understanding of the archaeological, architectural, historic and artistic heritage, past and present, of Falkland and its wider context in Fife and Scotland.

About the Society

The Falkland Society is  a registered charity run by a Committee elected by its members at the March AGM  or co-opted later.

Some of the Office Bearers will be standing down at the 2025 AGM. and we URGENTLY NEED volunteers to join the Committee from now onwards, ready to taek over. Please contact us if you think you could help.

See the specifications of the various roles.

Meetings

Our meetings are held at 7 p.m. on Wednesdays, currently at The Stables, Falkland Estate, KY15 7AF (what3words: ///dressings.destroyer.football) and also online. All welcome, no charge. To attend online you'll need the Zoom link, sent out in our monthly Newsletter. If you're not currently receiving the Newsletter, just sign up on our Contact page. 

Craig Thomas10 April 2024

Craig Thomas, The Dukes of Buccleuch and their estates

Craig Thomas is Assistant Archivist at Buccleuch Living Heritage Trust, and is completing a doctorate about the 5th Duke of Buccleuch. He has a passion for widening access to properties and estates that hold wonderful collections and opportunities.

Craig's talk will cover the current Buccleuch estates, with their magnificent houses, and the way they were managed in the 19th century.

See our events page for details of our forthcoming programme of meetings.

Online resources

Almost all our online and hybrid meetings have been recorded: our Previous events page lists the speakers and their subjects, and links so you can see and hear the recordings.

All our previous Newsletters back to December 2018 can be viewed from our Newsletters page.Screenshot from the Falkland Wiki

The Falkland Wiki – www.falkland.wiki – is an online encyclopaedia about Falkland and its historic buildings. Creared following our listed buildings survey in August 2020, its now a resource that anhyone can sign up to edit.

Our Historic Falkland website – www. historicfalkland.scot – has a variety of resources about the history of our town, and

Histroic Images of Falkland – www.historicfalkland.com has pictures from the Society's photo archive.

Publications

Front cover of Falkland and its PeopleOur current best-selling book is Falkland and its People 1901–1913,  published in December 2020. A fascinating glimpse of social history in an age which seems both familiar and yet in many ways rather alien. More information here, or you can download an order form.

Our Publications Sub-committee is working hard on two companion volumes: an update to our existing book on the Victorian era (18371900) and a new book about the First World War and its aftermath (19141920).

We are also working on a new edition of our Falkland Guide - a handy booklet for residents and visitors; and a few copies of our earlier publications may still be available. More details at our Publications page.

About Falkland

Falkland is an historic village and former Royal Burgh, in the Kingdom of Fife in central Scotland.

Some links to further information about the village.