Bataille de Prestonpans

La bataille de Prestonpans, également connue sous le nom de bataille de Gladsmuir, est le premier combat significatif de la seconde rébellion jacobite. Elle a lieu à Prestonpans, dans l'East Lothian, en Écosse, le 21 septembre 1745. L'armée jacobite de Jacques François Stuart, commandée par son fils, Charles Édouard Stuart défait l'armée hanovrienne de George II sous les ordres de Sir John Cope. Charles-Edouard a été nommé régent d'Écosse par son père Jacques-Edouard qui avait organisé les deux précédentes rébellions de 1715 et 1719. Charles-Edouard est soutenu par la France qui augmentera peu à peu ses renforts au fur et à mesure de la campagne à la demande de Boyer d'Éguilles, le représentant de Louis XV auprès du jeune "prétendant".

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Battle of Prestonpans

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 engagement of the Jacobite rising of 1745. Jacobite forces, led by the Stuart exile Charles Edward Stuart and George Murray, defeated a government army under Sir John Cope, whose inexperienced troops broke in the face of a Highland charge. The battle lasted less than thirty minutes, was a huge boost to Jacobite morale, and established the revolt as a serious threat to the British government.

Prestonpans

Prestonpans ( Scottish Gaelic: Baile an t-Sagairt, Scots: The Pans) is a mining town, situated approximately eight miles east of Edinburgh, Scotland, in the council area of East Lothian. The population as of 2020 is 10,460. It is near the site of the 1745 Battle of Prestonpans (first called the Battle of Gladsmuir, then renamed the Battle of Tranent, and later still renamed the Battle of Prestonpans – although evidence shows the battle occurred a few miles outside of town). Prestonpans is famous for its murals, with many such artworks depicting local history.

Tranent to Cockenzie Waggonway

The Tranent to Cockenzie Waggonway was an early waggonway, possibly the first in Scotland, opened in 1722. It was 2+1⁄2 miles (4 km) long and connected coal pits at Tranent with the salt pans at Cockenzie and harbour at Port Seton in East Lothian. The track was wooden, and wagons were drawn by horses. The Battle of Prestonpans in 1745 was fought across the line. It was converted to use iron rails in 1815, and was connected to the new main line North British Railway from 1846, later becoming superseded by a branch line of that railway. A section of the original line of route was still in railway use until 1968. Some of the route can be traced at the present day.

Tranent Parish Church

Tranent Parish Church is a kirk belonging to the Church of Scotland. It is situated on the East Lothian town of Tranent 10 miles (16 km) south-east of Edinburgh. The church lies in the north side of town, the original settlement, tucked in a small lane at the foot of Church Street at grid reference NT402734.

Bankton House

Bankton House is a late 17th-century house situated south of Prestonpans in East Lothian, Scotland. The house is located between the A1 road and the East Coast Main Line railway at grid reference NT394736.