Our new season started with our AGM and a talk by Kirsty Archer-Thompson, Collections and Interpretation Manager for the Abbotsford Trust. See the Minutes of the AGM, including our Chair's report on the year's activities.
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.
We also maintain the Historic Falkland website with resources about the history of our town, and the Falkland Historic Buildings wiki.
The Falkland Society is run by a Committee elected by its members at the Annual General Meeting. See the AGM Minutes, September 2021 (PDF file) including our Chair's report on the Society's activities in 2020-21.
We became a Scottish Registered Charity (registration number SC017201) in March 1988. The Charity's object is: 'To generate an interest in our town by encouraging the preservation of historical features and promoting interest in the cultural, social, and working life of the community in the past and in the present.' See our charity's page on the OSCR website.
Our season of monthly meetings normally runs from September to June. All are welcome, whether members or not. When meeting in person we take a retiring collection at the close of every session to cover the expenses of organising and managing the series.
As a result of the coronavirus pandemic, our meetings from June onwards were held online via Zoom and have been recorded; To view the recordings, go to the 'Recordings' page.
To receive regular updates from the Society, and invitations to join us by Zoom for future meetings, please sign up to receive the Society's mailings using the form on our 'Contact' page.
There's a full list of events for the current season on our 'Current Programme' page.
Lists of previous seasons' talks are available for 2018–19, 2019–20, 2020–21 and 2021–22.
We are now taking orders for our new book, Falkland and its People 1901–1913, published in December.
Other books published by the Society can be consulted at Falkland Library, next to the Community Centre in the Falkland's central car park. The Society’s rich archive is housed in the same building.
In August 2020 we launched a project to collect information and images of the historic buildings throughout our Conservation Area and beyond.
The results of the survey are being dcoumented in a Wiki-style online database and there's more information on the Historic Falkland website.
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.