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Prestonpans history
According to certain stories Prestonpans was founded in the 11th century by a traveller named Althamer. The monks of Newbattle and Holyrood arrived in the district in 1184 and gave the settlement their own name, Prieststown or Prieston. Because of the salt manufacturing carried out by the monks using pans on the seashore, the town’s name would later develop into Salt Prieststown and Salt Preston.
Industry
Salt panning was a very important industry in Prestonpans. The discovery and mining of coal by the Newbattle monks in the early thirteenth century was arguably the first instance of coal mining in Britain. There was a soap works in the town which at one time had an output of 90,000 pounds (41,000 kg) per annum.
Battle of Prestonpans; Heritage Trust
Battle of Prestonpans was the first significant conflict in the second Jacobite Rising. The Jacobite army loyal to James Francis Edward Stuart defeated the Hanoverian George II led by Sir John Cope. The victory was a huge morale boost for the Jacobites, and a greatly mythologised version of the story entered art and legend. A memorial in the parish church commemorates “John Stuart of Phisgul…barbarously murdered”
Battlefield Archaeology
The site of the main battlefield is readily located today, fixed by such surviving features as the tramway embankment. Interim findings in April 2010 indicate that the true site of Highlanders’ charge is 500 yards to the east of the accepted location. The battlefield has been inventoried and protected by Historic Scotland under the Scottish Historical Environment Policy of 2009.
Prestonpans Tapestry
The Prestonpans Tapestry was unveiled on 26 July 2010. With 105 panels (each 1m long), it is about 100 ft (30m) longer than its inspiration. Inspired by Gordon Baron Prestoungrange, designed by local artist Andrew Crummy.
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