Prestonpans Town Hall
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Prestonpans Town Hall
Image: © Eirian Evans Taken: 10 Sep 2021
This is a municipal building in the High Street. The building, which is largely used as a community events venue, is a Category C listed building. In April, 2021, the Battle of Prestonpans (1745) Heritage Trust acquired a five-year lease over the building from East Lothian Council with the objective of renovating it and using part of it for museum space. The museum was intended to commemorate the Battle of Prestonpans at which the Jacobite forces led by the Stuart exile and pretender to the throne, Charles Edward Stuart, defeated a government army under Sir John Cope, just to the south of the town centre on 21 September 1745. (Wikipedia)
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Image Location
Latitude
55.958942
Longitude
-2.985486