Kirkcudbright History Society
About
Kirkcudbright History Society was established in 2001 with the aim of promoting and encouraging interest in the history of the town of Kirkcudbright and its immediate environs, and more generally in the former county of the Stewartry of Kirkcudbright (Kirkcudbrightshire).
The Society meets monthly from October to March to hear a guest lecturer.
Meetings are held in Kirkcudbright Parish Church Hall, St. Mary St., Kirkcudbright on the second Wednesday of the month, starting at 7.30pm. All are welcome.
Location
Kirkcudbright, DG6 4DNLinks
Leaflets
Contact
Miss H G Bowick
01557 330193
Events List
| Date | Title | Town/City |
|---|---|---|
| 10 January, 2024 - 19:30 | “The Distribution of Gaelic Place Names in Southern Scotland”. | online |
| 13 December, 2023 - 19:30 | The Galloway Levellers 1723/24. A Tercentenary Review. | Kirkcudbright |
| 8 November, 2023 - 19:30 | Growing up in Twynholm Parish 1820 – 40: The Memoirs of John McKie. | Kirkcudbright |
| 11 October, 2023 - 19:30 | ‘Tales of The Big Hoose’: the history of four local houses. | Kirkcudbright |
| 3 September, 2023 - 14:30 | Kirkyard Walk | Kirkcudbright |
| 3 September, 2023 - 11:00 | Kirkcudbright Town Walk | Kirkcudbright |
| 3 September, 2023 - 02:30 | Kirkcudbright Town Walk | Kirkcudbright |
| 2 September, 2023 - 14:30 | Kirkyard Walk | Kirkcudbright |
| 16 August, 2023 - 14:30 | Kirkyard Tour | Kirkcudbright |
| 15 August, 2023 - 18:30 | Town Walk | Kirkcudbright |
| 9 August, 2023 - 19:00 | Kirkyard Tour | Kirkcudbright |
| 8 August, 2023 - 18:30 | Town Walk | Kirkcudbright |
| 2 August, 2023 - 14:30 | Kirkyard Tour | Kirkcudbright |
| 1 August, 2023 - 18:30 | Town Walk | Kirkcudbright |
| 26 July, 2023 - 19:00 | Kirkyard Tour | Kirkcudbright |
| 25 July, 2023 - 18:30 | Town Walk | Kirkcudbright |
| 19 July, 2023 - 02:30 | Kirkyard Tour | Kirkcudbright |
| 18 July, 2023 - 18:30 | Town Walk | Kirkcudbright |
| 12 July, 2023 - 19:00 | Kirkyard Tour | Kirkcudbright |
| 11 July, 2023 - 18:30 | Kirkcudbright Town Walk | Kirkcudbright |
| 8 February, 2023 - 19:30 | The Sproat Family of Borgue. | Online |
| 18 January, 2023 - 19:30 | “The Air/Sea Rescue Unit Based at Kirkcudbright in WW2”. | Kirkcudbright |
| 14 December, 2022 - 19:30 | The Resort of All Amorous Couples: Thomas Telford's Toll-house at Alison's Bank, Gretna | Online |
| 9 November, 2022 - 19:30 | James Brown at Knockbrex | Kirkcudbright |
| 12 October, 2022 - 19:30 | The Archaeology and History of Kirkcudbright MOD Range | Kirkcudbright |
| 17 August, 2022 - 14:30 | Kirkyard Tour | Kirkcudbright |
| 16 August, 2022 - 18:30 | Town Walk | Kirkcudbright |
| 10 August, 2022 - 19:00 | Kirkyard Tour | Kirkcudbright |
| 9 August, 2022 - 18:30 | Town Walk | Kirkcudbright |
| 3 August, 2022 - 14:30 | Kirkyard Tour | Kirkcudbright |
| 2 August, 2022 - 18:30 | Town Walk | Kirkcudbright |
| 27 July, 2022 - 19:00 | Kirkyard Tour | Kirkcudbright |
| 26 July, 2022 - 18:30 | Town Walk | Kirkcudbright |
| 20 July, 2022 - 14:30 | Kirkyard Tour | Kirkcudbright |
| 19 July, 2022 - 18:30 | Town Walk | Kirkcudbright |
| 13 July, 2022 - 19:00 | Kirkyard Tour | Kirkcudbright |
| 12 July, 2022 - 18:30 | Town Walk | Kirkcudbright |
| 13 April, 2022 - 19:30 | Broughton House in the 2st Century / Kirkcudbright then and now | Online |
| 9 February, 2022 - 19:30 | The Deserted Farmsteads of Dumfries & Galloway | Online |
| 8 December, 2021 - 19:30 | Galloway Folklore (delayed talk) | Online |
| 10 November, 2021 - 19:30 | Galloway Folklore | Online |
| 13 October, 2021 - 07:30 | The Galloway Hoard Exhibition | Online |
| 9 September, 2021 - 19:00 | Town Walk | Kirkcudbright |
| 2 September, 2021 - 19:00 | Town Walk | Kirkcudbright |
| 26 August, 2021 - 19:00 | Town Walk | Kirkcudbright |
| 19 August, 2021 - 19:00 | Town Walk | Kirkcudbright |
| 18 August, 2021 - 14:30 | Kirkyard Trail | Kirkcudbright |
| 12 August, 2021 - 19:00 | Town Walk | Kirkcudbright |
| 11 August, 2021 - 19:00 | Kirkyard Trail | Kirkcudbright |
| 5 August, 2021 - 19:00 | Town Walk | Kirkcudbright |
| 4 August, 2021 - 14:30 | Kirkyard Trail | Kirkcudbright |
| 29 July, 2021 - 19:00 | Town Walk | Kirkcudbright |
| 28 July, 2021 - 19:00 | Kirkyard Trail | Kirkcudbright |
| 21 July, 2021 - 14:30 | Kirkyard Trail | Kirkcudbright |
| 14 July, 2021 - 19:00 | Kirkyard Trail | Kirkcudbright |
| 12 May, 2021 - 19:30 | Rock Art in Kirkcudbrightshire or Kirkcudbright: artists town for 5000 years | online |
| 14 April, 2021 - 19:30 | Maps and Mapping | Online |
| 11 March, 2020 - 19:30 | John Inglis and the Georgian Navy | Kirkcudbright |
| 12 February, 2020 - 19:30 | Music in the Stewartry | Kirkcudbright |
| 8 January, 2020 - 19:30 | Kirkcudbright Combination Poorhouse (Burnside House) 1851 - 1953 | Kirkcudbright |
| 11 December, 2019 - 19:30 | “I have devoted myself to the cause of the people” - Thomas Muir 1765 - 1799 | Kirkcudbright |
| 13 November, 2019 - 19:30 | Community Archaeology in Kirkcudbright | Kirkcudbright |
| 9 October, 2019 - 19:30 | Dumfries and Galloway- The measures of Migration | Kirkcudbright |
| 28 September, 2019 - 11:00 | Tongland Abbey Excavation Open Day | Tongland Kirkcudbright |
| 14 August, 2019 - 14:30 | Kirkyard Tour | Kirkcudbright |
| 7 August, 2019 - 19:00 | Kirkyard Tour | Kirkcudbright |
| 31 July, 2019 - 14:30 | Kirkyard Tour | Kirkcudbright |
| 24 July, 2019 - 19:00 | Kirkyard Tour | Kirkcudbright |
| 17 July, 2019 - 14:30 | Kirkyard Tour | Kirkcudbright |
| 10 July, 2019 - 19:00 | Kirkyard Tour | Kirkcudbright |
| 13 March, 2019 - 19:30 | Townend School Life 1850-1897 | Kirkcudbright |
| 28 February, 2019 - 19:30 | Can You Dig It (CYDI) | Kirkcudbright |
| 13 February, 2019 - 19:30 | Tongland Abbey Excavations - recent findings | Kirkcudbright |
| 9 January, 2019 - 19:30 | The Galloway Glens Scheme: Using the area's unique history to drive today's economy | Kirkcudbright |
| 12 December, 2018 - 19:30 | The Life and Trials of F R Coles | Kirkcudbright |
| 14 November, 2018 - 19:30 | Scotland's Lost Genius. The stained glass of Alf Webster and some Galloway connections | Kirkcudbright |
| 10 October, 2018 - 19:30 | The Swan family, living and working in Kirkcudbright since 1858 | Kirkcudbright |
| 15 August, 2018 - 14:30 | Kirkyard Trail - 15 August 2018 | Kirkcudbright |
| 8 August, 2018 - 19:00 | Kirkyard Trail - 8 August 2018 | Kirkcudbright |
| 1 August, 2018 - 14:30 | Kirkyard Trail - 1 August 2018 | Kirkcudbright |
| 25 July, 2018 - 19:00 | Kirkyard Trail - 25 July 2018 | Kirkcudbright |
| 18 July, 2018 - 14:30 | Kirkyard Trail - 18 July 2018 | Kirkcudbright |
| 11 July, 2018 - 19:00 | Kirkyard Trail - 11 July 2018 | Kirkcudbright |
| 14 March, 2018 - 19:30 | Excavations at Torrs Hill-fort in 2016 | Kirkcudbright |
| 14 February, 2018 - 19:30 | Film Archives of the Glenkens in the 1950s | Kirkcudbright |
| 10 January, 2018 - 19:30 | Convict Transportation to Australia from Dumfries and Galloway (1787-1868) and my Convict Ancestors | Kirkcudbright |
| 13 December, 2017 - 19:30 | Hunting Witches in Galloway | Kirkcudbright |
| 8 November, 2017 - 19:30 | Change: Cine Films of 1950s Kirkcudbright | Kirkcudbright |
| 11 October, 2017 - 19:30 | The Castles of Kirkcudbrightshire | Kirkcudbright |
| 11 October, 2017 - 19:30 | The Castles of Kirkcudbrightshire | Kirkcudbright |
| 16 August, 2017 - 14:30 | Kirkyard Tour | Kirkcudbright |
| 9 August, 2017 - 19:00 | Kirkyard Tour | Kirkcudbright |
| 2 August, 2017 - 14:30 | Kirkyard Tour | Kirkcudbright |
| 26 July, 2017 - 19:00 | Kirkyard Tour | Kirkcudbright |
| 19 July, 2017 - 14:30 | Kirkyard Tour | Kirkcudbright |
| 12 July, 2017 - 19:00 | Kirkyard Tour | Kirkcudbright |
| 8 March, 2017 - 19:30 | The History of a House in Townend Kirkcudbright - Vivien Dania | Kirkcudbright |
| 8 February, 2017 - 19:30 | 592 Years and Not Out: A Short History of the Haill Six Incorporated Trades of Kirkcudbright | Kirkcudbright |
| 11 January, 2017 - 19:30 | ‘Tongland Abbey and Tongland Fish House – A Tale of two Ruins’ - Dr David Devereux | Kirkcudbright |
| 14 December, 2016 - 19:30 | Robert Heron and the Galloway Enlightenment - talk by Ted Cowan | Kirkcudbright |
| 9 November, 2016 - 19:30 | Jim Gordon and his Galloway Ancestry - John (Jack) Gordon | Kirkcudbright |
| 12 October, 2016 - 19:30 | The Copland Photographic Collection | Kirkcudbright |
| 18 May, 2016 - 19:00 | Discovery of the Viking Hoard in the Stewartry | Kirkcudbright |
| 9 March, 2016 - 19:30 | Deltiology - A Local Collector's Treasure Trove of Images | Kirkcudbright |
| 10 February, 2016 - 19:30 | Little Ross lighthouse - How it came to be built | Kirkcudbright |
| 13 January, 2016 - 19:30 | Birds and Burns | Kirkcudbright |
| 9 December, 2015 - 19:30 | The Forgotten Railways of Galloway | Kircudbright |
| 11 November, 2015 - 19:30 | "Bringing History to Life: the photographs of William McMurray" by David Steel | Kirkcudbright |
| 14 October, 2015 - 19:30 | Cree Valley Woodland Heritage | Kirkcudbright |
| 11 March, 2015 - 19:30 | AGM and Quiz | Kirkcudbright |
| 11 February, 2015 - 19:30 | Kirkcudbright Prison in Victorian Times | Kirkcudbright |
| 14 January, 2015 - 19:30 | Billy Marshall- Galloway Gypsy and Leveller | Kirkcudbright |
| 10 December, 2014 - 19:30 | Blackloch of Myrton: an Iron Age Loch Village in Wigtownshire | Kirkcudbright |
| 12 November, 2014 - 19:30 | War Memorials of the Stewartry and the Men Commemorated | Kirkcudbright |
| 8 October, 2014 - 19:30 | Mottes, Monks and Merchants: Domination, Conquest and Colonisation in 12th and 13th century Galloway | Kirkcudbright |
| 12 March, 2014 - 19:30 | Bog bodies in Dumfries and Galloway | Kirkcudbright |
| 12 February, 2014 - 19:30 | J&R Wallace, The Foundry, Castle Douglas | Kirkcudbright |
| 8 January, 2014 - 19:30 | An Illustrated talk on Historic Costume | Kirkcudbright |
| 11 December, 2013 - 19:30 | Buildings at risk in Dumfries and Galloway | Kirkcudbright |
| 13 November, 2013 - 19:30 | Ethnology of Dumfries and Galloway: What everyday life can tell us | Kirkcudbright |
| 9 October, 2013 - 19:30 | Vikings in Dumfries and Galloway | Kirkcudbright |