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Prestonpans, General
Burgh (Medieval), Town (Period Unassigned)
Site Name Prestonpans, General
Classification Burgh (Medieval), Town (Period Unassigned)
Alternative Name(s) Preston
Canmore ID 76022
Site Number NT37SE 85
NGR NT 3871 7446
NGR Description Centred NT 3871 7446
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/76022
- Council East Lothian
- Parish Prestonpans
- Former Region Lothian
- Former District East Lothian
- Former County East Lothian
NT37SE 85 centred 3871 7446
Location formerly entered as Centred NT 385 744.
NMRS REFERENCE:
Prestonpans. House, W end of village, "newly built"; particulars from John Miller, 6 Lothian St., Edinburgh. 1809.
('Edinburgh Evening Courant', June 22, 1809.)
The National Trust Survey mentions 13 old houses of interest in Prestonpans. For the most part these are to be found in the High Street and are harled building with Crowstepped gables.
Classification : 4B, 9C
EXTERNAL REFERENCE:
National Trust, 5 Charlotte Square, Edinburgh - photographs.
(Undated) information in NMRS.
Prestonpans or Preston: erected burgh of barony in 1552.
G S Pryde 1965.
