A vision of Britain through time
A vision of Britain from 1801 to now.
Including maps, statistical trends and historical descriptions.
A vision of Britain through time
A vision of Britain from 1801 to now.
Including maps, statistical trends and historical descriptions.
These other entries in our collection of descriptive gazetteers are also about Prestonpans. You may be able to find further references to Prestonpans in the descriptive gazetteers by doing a full-text search here.
| Place | Type of entry | Source | Preston | a village | Groome | Preston | village | Bartholomew | Prestonpans | a coast town | Groome |
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This additional information from our descriptive gazetteers is for locations within the parish or parishes associated with Prestonpans.
| Place | Type of entry | Source | Bankton | formerly a seat | Bartholomew | Dolphingston | a hamlet | Groome | Drumore | an estate, with a mansion | Groome | Morison's Haven | a harbour | Groome | Morrison Haven | harbour | Bartholomew | Prestongrange | a Scottish Baronial mansion | Groome | Prestongrange | seat | Bartholomew |
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This website includes the complete texts of books describing journeys around Britain, written between the twelfth and nineteenth centuries. Selecting one of the links below will take you to the first reference to Prestonpans within the selected text. This will not always be a description of a visit: travellers often mention places other than where they are, for example as a basis for comparison.
| Traveller | Section | No. of Refs. | Daniel Defoe | Letter 11: South-Eastern Scotland | 3 | Thomas Pennant | July 17-23: The Borders and Edinburgh | 2 | John Wesley | 1751-3: Wesley's Marriage; Cornwall Smugglers; Illness and Recovery | 1 | Thomas Pennant | August 18-29: Sutherland and Caithness | 1 | Thomas Pennant | Appendix VIII: Itinerary | 1 |
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This website includes two large libraries, of historical travel writing and of entries from nineteenth century gazetteers describing places. We have text from these sources available for these places near your location:
| Place | Mentioned in Travel Writing | Mentioned in Hist. Gazetteer |
|---|---|---|
| Morrisons Haven | 0 | 2 |
| Cockenzie | 0 | 2 |
| Tranent | 0 | 2 |
| Seton | 0 | 2 |
| Pinkie | 0 | 2 |
| Elphinstone | 0 | 2 |
| Musselburgh | 16 | 2 |
| Inveresk | 4 | 2 |
| Carberry | 0 | 2 |
| Longniddry | 0 | 2 |
| Ormiston | 2 | 2 |
| Cousland | 0 | 2 |
| Smeaton | 0 | 2 |
| Penston | 0 | 1 |
| Gladsmuir | 0 | 2 |
| Easter Duddingston | 0 | 1 |
| Esk | 0 | 2 |
| Millerhill | 0 | 1 |
| Pencaitland | 0 | 2 |
| Portobello | 0 | 2 |