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The Saltoun area has a rich and varied history which has been documented in the booklet ‘A History of Saltoun and the Fletcher Family’ by East Saltoun resident Margaret Wyllie. Copies of this booklet can be bought by using the email address detailed on this website. Booklets are £5 each.
Research into the Saltoun War Memorial, the beautiful stained glass window in Saltoun Church, was undertaken in order to mark the passing of 100 years since the armistice of the First World War. It was to commemorate the men listed on the war memorial by giving an insight into their lives—where they lived, where they worked and who they loved. The booklet produced can be accessed here –
East Lothian Library Services have an online archive of historical photos of the County, including Saltoun. These can be accessed at –
http://www.johngraycentre.org/historic-image-collection/the-collection/
To mark the 50th anniversary of East Lothian’s Third Statistical Account, the 200th anniversary of the first Statistical Account and the new millennium, the East Lothian Antiquarian & Field Naturalist Society published the Fourth Statistical Account of East Lothian –
https://el4.org.uk/parish/saltoun/
The history of the Church in East Saltoun can be found here –
https://www.lammermuirchurch.org/saltoun-church.html
The University of Edinburgh produced an electronic resource for the history of witchcraft and witch-hunting in Scotland –
The Aviation Preservation Society of Scotland built and flew a Sopwith 1 1/2 Strutter Plane in East Lothian –
https://www.eastlothiancourier.com/news/24060891.first-world-war-plane-finally-take-sky-summer/
Many people ask about the name, Lucy Walker, listed on the War Memorial on the road leading to Pathhead. Her story (and that of her husband and relatives) can be found here (p52 – 53) –
Saltoun Local History Group 