Our new Guidebook, Falkland: A Guide to the Historic Buildings, is about to be published, and you can download an Order Form now.

Introducing the Falkland Society

The Falkland Society is a registered charity, which aims to promote knowledge and understanding of the archaeological, architectural, ecological, historic and artistic heritage, past and present, of Falkland and its wider context in Fife and Scotland. The Society's current Committee and Office Bearers (listed on our Contact page) were elected or re-elected at our AGM on 14 May.

We always need new members, to fund our events an

d publications. Please download a membership form and return it to us with your subscription (online payments preferred).

Next meeting

Joe FitzpatrickOur next meeting will be at 7 p.m. on Wednesday 9 September, when Joe Fitzpatrick, Chair of the Falkland Stewardship Trust, will talk about recent archaeological discoveries on the East Lomond Hill.

This will be a hybrid meeting: online via Zoom, and in person in the Craig Room, Falkland Parish Church. To attend online you'll need the Zoom link, to be sent out in our September Newsletter. If you're not on the mailing list for our Newsletters, just sign up on our Contact page. All welcome, no charge, donations encouraged.

Previous meeting

James SimpsonOur previous meeting was on Wednesday 10 June, when James Simpson, founder of Simpson & Brown, Architects, spoke about principles of successful conservation projects, with three case studies.

See the flyer.

You can download the recording of James's talk.

Online resources

Almost all our online and hybrid meetings have been recorded.our Previous events page lists the speakers and their subjects at our monthly meetings, with 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. Created following our listed buildings survey in August 2020, it is now a resource that anyone can sign up to edit.

Our Historic Falkland website –
www. historicfalkland.scot – has a variety of resources about the history of our town, and Historic Images of Falkland – www.historicfalkland.com – has pictures from the Society's photo archive.

Publications

Front cover of Falkland and its PeopleOur latest publication is a new and completely updated version of our guide to Falkland and its historic buildings. More information here, and you can download an order form.

Our current best-selling book is Falkland and its People 1901–1913, published in 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 a companion volume: a major reworking of our existing book on the Victorian era (1837–1900); 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 Fife in central Scotland.

Falkland from the East Lomond Hill

Some links to further information about the village.