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This project researched a name for a lane that was previously untitled. A survey (or a referendum to use of a modern topical word) of neighbours concluded that 'Orchard Walk' was a very appropriate name, given that many years ago the area was an orchard. Other names for the lane have been bandied over the

Research is under way to identify and get in touch with other places across the world sharing the name 'Coldstream'.

James Charles Purves was one of 'the 300' who died in the Charge of the Light Brigade, the famous charge of British cavalry led by Lord Cardigan against Russian forces during the Battle of Balaclava on 25 October 1854 in the Crimean War, immortalised in Lord Tennyson's poem. Purves, raised at Lennelhill, is mentioned on a

The Society is considering the possibility of researching an inventory of memorials and artefacts in Coldstream Parish Church.

The Society has been in liaison with authorities in an attempt to stablise the ancient Lennel Kirk, last used in 1705 but apparently not owned by anyone. The Kirk stands in the middle of Lennel Kirkard, two miles from the centre of Coldstream. Some preservation work has been carried out and a business case is