Dunfermline Historical Society

Before the Bus Station

by | 16 Feb 2020 | Articles

By Sue Mowat “I remember when all this was all fields”. So many Dunfermline people must have said that, as the town expanded throughout the centuries after King David I granted his tiny burgh to the Abbey in 1124, shortly after he came to the throne. The full story of...

February 2020 Meeting

by | 26 Jan 2020 | Diary, Talks

20th February, 7:30pm Dunfermline Historical Society will hold it’s AGM at 7:30pm in the Abbey Church Halls, followed shortly by a talk presented by Prof. Ewen Cameron – “Dunfermline: WW1 through to the 1918 Election”. Prof Cameron studied...

April 2020 Outing

by | 21 Jan 2020 | Diary, Visits

Heart of Midlothian Our first trip this year will be on Saturday 4th April and will visit two contrasting sites in Midlothian. Our first destination is Newbattle Abbey. The Abbey started life as a Cistercian monastery with links to Dunfermline Abbey, later became a...

Touch Bleachfields Dunfermline

by | 15 Jan 2020 | Articles

In the next in his series on Dunfermline’s Industrial Past, George Beattie tells the history of another business in the town, which supported the Fife linen industry from the mid 1840’s until the 1940’s. “Touch Bleachfields” tells us...