Prestonpans

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Prestonpans [ˌprɛstənˈpænz]

(Placename) a small town and resort in SE Scotland, in East Lothian on the Firth of Forth: scene of the battle (1745) in which the Jacobite army of Prince Charles Edward defeated government forces under Sir John Cope. Pop.: 7014 (1991)

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

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