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Prestonpans

Seaside town and former burgh in East Lothian unitary authority, Scotland, 15 km/9 mi east of Edinburgh; population (2001) 7,150. It was originally a major salt producer and coalmining centre. In 1745 royalist troops led by John Cope were routed at the Battle of Prestonpans by Prince Charles Edward Stuart's Jacobite forces.



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In the next chapter Scott himself shall give you an account of the battle of Prestonpans.
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