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    Battle of Prestonpans (first called the Battle of Gladsmuir, then renamed the Battle of Tranent, and later still renamed the Battle of Prestonpans – although...
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    The Battle of Prestonpans, also known as the Battle of Gladsmuir, was fought on 21 September 1745, near Prestonpans, in East Lothian, the first significant...
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    initially achieved several victories in the field, including the Battle of Prestonpans in September 1745 and the Battle of Falkirk Muir in January 1746. However...
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    The Battle of Prestonpans Tapestry 1745, or simply the Prestonpans Tapestry, is a large embroidery created in 2010 in Prestonpans, East Lothian, Scotland...
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  • Prestonpans is a title of nobility in the Baronage of Scotland. For most of its history it was referred to as the Barony of Preston and Prestonpans,...
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    significant Jacobite victory against Government forces in the Battle of Prestonpans. In the 19th century, the county is mentioned in the Gazetteer for Scotland...
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    Prestongrange House Barony of Preston and Prestonpans Wikimedia Commons has media related to Preston, Prestonpans. Castles Uncovered - Preston Tower...
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    before the Jacobite rising of that year. He fought at the Battle of Prestonpans, but deserted to the Jacobite Army. He subsequently fought alongside...
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    Prestonpans Town Hall is a municipal building on the High Street of Prestonpans, East Lothian, Scotland. The building, which is largely used as a community...
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    a mansion west of Prestonpans, from his grandfather, John Preston. He married Lady Helenora Maule in 1610 and died in Prestonpans in 1631. Sir William...
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    Prestonpans railway station is a railway station serving the small mining town of Prestonpans, East Lothian, Scotland. It is located on the North Berwick...
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    Prestonpans and Musselburgh. These services are operated by Lothian Buses (routes 26, N26 and X26). The nearest railway station is at Prestonpans. Cockenzie...
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    Glen Affric Coille Bhan Jacobite rising of 1745 Highbridge 1st Ruthven Prestonpans Culloden House 1st Carlisle Clifton 2nd Carlisle 1st Fort Augustus Inverurie...
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  • Musselburgh, Newbridge, North Berwick, Ormiston, Pathhead, Peebles, Penicuik, Prestonpans, Rosewell, Roslin, South Queensferry, Tranent, Walkerburn, West Calder...
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    the Scottish Highlands, capturing Edinburgh and winning the Battle of Prestonpans in September. At a council in October, the Scots agreed to invade England...
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  • reveal vital information about the English army that is nearby. 26 10 "Prestonpans" Philip John Ira Steven Behr June 11, 2016 (2016-06-11) 0.82 Jamie and...
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    during the 1745 Jacobite rising, in which he was killed at the Battle of Prestonpans. Gardiner was born in Carriden, educated in Linlithgow, and joined the...
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  • (1715) was a defeat for the rebels in the Jacobite Rising. Battle of Prestonpans 1745, a victory for the Jacobites over the British government in 1745...
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    Jacobites was ending the 1707 Union. This meant that following victory at Prestonpans in September, they preferred to negotiate, rather than invade England...
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    an advocate in November 1710. Around 1725 he purchased an estate near Prestonpans and built a mansion which he named Drummore House, after his family connection...
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    Five crosses: at Edinburgh, Dundee, Perth, Aberdeen and Preston (modern Prestonpans) were supported by a drum-shaped understructure, known as a cross-house...
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    Bathgate, Queensferry, Dalkeith, Bonnyrigg, Penicuik, Musselburgh, Prestonpans, Tranent, North Berwick, Dunbar, Whitburn and Haddington. Historically...
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    Gullane East Lothian EH EH32shared Longniddry East Lothian EH EH32shared Prestonpans East Lothian EH EH33, EH34, EH35 Tranent East Lothian EH EH36 Humbie...
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    1944, now at Portsmouth The Prestonpans Tapestry (2010), which chronicles the events surrounding the Battle of Prestonpans in 1745 Other embroideries more...
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    from history, Bonnie Prince Charlie, and takes part in the Battle of Prestonpans. Some works of fiction are slightly or greatly re-imagined based on some...
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    which has been enjoyed by locals and tourists including King Pello of Prestonpans and Joe Jackson of Odessa TX. The original Kalik is a lager with 5% alc...
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  • 31 August 2024 Preston Athletic 2–3 Irvine Meadow Prestonpans 15:00 Mrowczynski 13' Weekes 60' Baird 20' Neilson 90' Cruden 90' Stadium: Pennypit Park...
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    The Jacobites defeated British forces in September at the Battle of Prestonpans, and then moved south into England. The Jacobites failed to gain further...
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    women became members. In 2006, Longniddry and the neighbouring towns of Prestonpans, Cockenzie and Port Seton were twinned with the town of Barga, Tuscany...
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    On the death in 1878 of her husband, the Reverend W. B. Cunningham of Prestonpans, Mrs. Cunningham sold some of the books. The remainder passed to her...
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