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Gladsmuir
Gladsmuir () is a village and parish in East Lothian, Scotland, situated on the A199 and near Tranent and Prestonpans. Description Gladsmuir's principal "claim to fame" relates to its role as the site of the Battle of Prestonpans (1745). Some sources – particularly maps – occasionally refer to the confrontation as the Battle of Gladsmuir. The Jacobite poet William Hamilton (1704–1754) wrote a poem entitled ''Ode on the Battle of Gladsmuir, 1745'' in celebration of the battle. The philanthropist George Heriot, jeweller to James VI, King of Scots and founder of Heriot's Hospital, (later George Heriot's School), in Edinburgh, may have been born in Gladsmuir, his father was. Scottish writer George Godfrey Cunningham (c. 1802–1860) lived at Redcol in Gladsmuir parish. Church Old Gladsmuir Parish Kirk dates from some time between 1650 and the creation of the parish in 1695 and its ruins stand to the north of the current operational church. The replacement church is a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
George Hamilton (1805 Moderator)
George Hamilton (1757–1832) was a Church of Scotland minister who served as Moderator of the General Assembly in 1805. Life He was born on 15 May 1757, the son of Rev John Hamilton (1714–1797) minister of Bolton, East Lothian and his wife Jean Wight of Dumfries. He was educated at the High School in Edinburgh and attended both Edinburgh University and Glasgow University. He graduated MA in 1775. He originally trained as a lawyer and entered the Inner Temple in London. After a strong change of heart, he decided to follow in his father's footsteps, becoming a minister of the Church of Scotland. He was licensed by the Presbytery of Haddington, East Lothian, Haddington in April 1788. In April 1790, he was ordained as minister of Gladsmuir in East Lothian, close to his home, under the patronage of King George III. He remained in this role for the rest of his life.''Fasti Ecclesiae Scoticanae''; by Hew Scott In 1797 he was an unsuccessful candidate for the chair of Moral Phil ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Macmerry
Macmerry is a village located on the old A1 (now renumbered the A199) just east of Tranent. The village has a primary school with a roll of around 100. There is an industrial estate to the east of the town. Originally this area was part of the RAF Macmerry, also known as Penston, which closed in 1953. There was a railway branch line until 1960 which served the local coal mines. Transport Macmerry has two major bus networks Prentice Coaches and Lothian Buses Prentice 108 serve the village town towards either Haddington or Fort Kinnaird Lothian Buses service 104 which is owned by Lothian Country Buses serves the area and continue on towards Gladsmuir and then Haddington. Macmerry is in Zone C of Lothian Country Buses fare zone map, alongside Gladsmuir, Ormiston and Pencaitland. See also *List of places in East Lothian *List of places in Scotland This list of places in Scotland is a complete collection of lists of places in Scotland. *List of burghs in Scotland *Li ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
East Lothian
East Lothian (; ; ) is one of the 32 council areas of Scotland, as well as a Counties of Scotland, historic county, registration county and Lieutenancy areas of Scotland, lieutenancy area. The county was called Haddingtonshire until 1921. In 1975, the historic county was incorporated for local government in Scotland, local government purposes into Lothian Regional Council, Lothian Region as East Lothian District, with some slight alterations of its boundaries. The Local Government etc. (Scotland) Act 1994 later created East Lothian as one of 32 modern council areas. East Lothian lies south of the Firth of Forth in the eastern central Lowlands of Scotland. It borders Edinburgh to the west, Midlothian to the south-west and the Scottish Borders to the south. Its administrative centre and former county town is Haddington, East Lothian, Haddington while the largest town is Musselburgh. Haddingtonshire has ancient origins and is named in a charter of 1139 as ''Hadintunschira'' and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Prestonpans
Prestonpans ( , Scots: ''The Pans'') is a mining town, situated approximately eight miles east of Edinburgh, Scotland, in the council area of East Lothian. The population as of is . It is near the site of the 1745 Battle of Prestonpans (first called the Battle of Gladsmuir, then renamed the Battle of Tranent, and later still renamed the Battle of Prestonpans – although evidence shows the battle occurred a few miles outside of town). Prestonpans is "Scotland's Mural Town", with many murals depicting local history. History Foundation According to legend Prestonpans was founded in the 11th century by a traveller named Althamer, who became shipwrecked on the local beach/coastal area. Finding it impossible to get home, the survivors of the wreck decided to remain where they were and founded a settlement named "Althamer" in honour of their leader. The monks of Newbattle and Holyrood arrived in the district in the 12th century and, by 1198, were undertaking salt manufacturing ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
George Heriot
George Heriot (15 June 1563 – 12 February 1624) was a Scottish goldsmith and philanthropist. He is chiefly remembered today as the founder of George Heriot's School, a large independent school in Edinburgh; his name has also been given to Heriot-Watt University, as well as several streets (and a pub, the Jinglin' Geordie, after his nickname) in the same city. Heriot was the court goldsmith to Anne of Denmark, the wife of King James VI of Scotland, as well as to the king himself; he became very wealthy from this position, and wealthier still as a result of lending this money back to the king and the rest of his court. He moved to London along with the court in 1603, at the time of the Union of Crowns, and remained in London until he died in 1624. He had married twice but had no recognised children surviving at the time of his death, and he left the bulk of his estate to found a hospital to care for "faitherless bairns" (orphaned children) in his home city. Early life Heriot ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
George Godfrey Cunningham
George Godfrey Cunningham ( – 23 September 1860) was a Scottish writer, compiler, and translator. Biography After publishing a poem ("A Choice") in Alexander Whitelaw's '' The Casquet of Literary Gems'' (1828), Cunningham's first full work was ''Foreign Tales and Traditions'' (1829), published by Blackie, Fullarton & Company. It was a collection of translations of several European stories, mostly German Romanticist literature, which was popular in Britain in the 1820s. This included five stories from ''Grimms' Fairy Tales'', that were heavily based on the earlier translations by Edgar Taylor and David Jardine. His ''Lives of Eminent and Illustrious Englishmen'' (1834–1837) aimed to teach English history through biographies of its leading figures. It was patronised by royalty and Henry Brougham, and though it initially won praise, the biographies of its later volumes were less well connected, and began to rely heavily on extracts from the subjects' memoirs. By 1838, Cunni ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tranent
Tranent is a town in East Lothian (formerly Haddingtonshire), in the south-east of Scotland. Tranent lies 6 miles from the boundary of Edinburgh, and 9.1 miles from the city centre. It lies south of the A1 road (Great Britain), A1 road that runs through the parish splitting it from its associated villages and hamlets Meadowmill and the ports of Cockenzie and Port Seton. The original main post road ran straight through the town until the new A1 was built. Built on a gentle slope, about above sea level it is one of the oldest towns in East Lothian. The population of the town is approximately 12,140, an increase of over 4,000 since 2001. Tranent was formerly a major mining town, but now serves as a commuter town for Edinburgh. History The name is thought to be of British language (Celtic), Brythonic origin, possibly containing the elements ''Tre'' and ''Nant'', meaning town over the stream Travernant. Tranent was once an important mining town, and coal was first worked there ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Battle Of Prestonpans
The Battle of Prestonpans, also known as the Battle of Gladsmuir, was fought on 21 September 1745, near Prestonpans, in East Lothian, the first significant engagement of the Jacobite rising of 1745. Jacobitism, Jacobite forces, led by the Stuart exile Charles Edward Stuart and Lord George Murray (general), George Murray, defeated a government army under Sir John Cope (British Army officer), John Cope, whose inexperienced troops broke in the face of a Highland charge. The battle lasted less than thirty minutes, was a huge boost to Jacobite morale, and established the revolt as a serious threat to the British government. Background The War of the Austrian Succession meant that by early 1745, the bulk of British forces were committed in Flanders. Encouraged by French victory at Battle of Fontenoy, Fontenoy in April 1745, Charles Edward Stuart sailed for Scotland in July, hoping to take advantage of the situation. When he landed at Eriskay in the Outer Hebrides on 23 July, most of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Longniddry
Longniddry (, ) is a coastal village in East Lothian, Scotland, with an estimated population of in . The Scottish Women's Rural Institute was founded here in 1917. Features Longniddry is primarily a dormitory village for commuters, with good transport links by road and rail (Longniddry railway station is on the North Berwick Line) to the capital, some 12 miles to the West. The village has a number of local, community based resources including local shops and Longniddry Community Centre, which also houses the library. Near to the library is the Scout Hall used by the Longniddry Scout Group. The golf course hosted the Carling-Caledonian Tournament in 1961. Like many coastal towns in East Lothian, Longniddry has a sandy beach beside th ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Moderator Of The General Assembly Of The Church Of Scotland
The moderator of the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland is the minister or elder chosen to moderate (chair) the annual General Assembly of the Church of Scotland, which is held for a week in Edinburgh every year. After chairing the Assembly, the Moderator then spends the following year representing the Church of Scotland at civic events, and visiting congregations and projects in Scotland and beyond. As the Church of Scotland is Scotland's national church, and as a presbyterian church has no bishops, the Moderator is – arguably alongside the Lord High Commissioner to the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland – the most prominent figure in the life of Church of Scotland adherents. Office Background The moderator can be any minister, deacon or elder, within the Church of Scotland. Whoever is selected as moderator is often of considerable experience and held in high esteem in the Church of Scotland. The moderator is nominated by the "Committee to Nominate the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
East Lothian Council
East Lothian Council is one of the 32 local government councils in Scotland covering the East Lothian area. Since the last boundary changes in 2017, 22 councillors have been elected from 6 wards. History East Lothian District Council had been created in 1975 under the Local Government (Scotland) Act 1973, as one of four districts within the Lothian region (along with Edinburgh, Midlothian and West Lothian, each having some differences from the territory of their corresponding historic counties). All four districts of Lothian became single tier local authorities in 1996, under the Local Government etc. (Scotland) Act 1994, when the council adopted its current name as East Lothian Council. East Lothian District Council contains twenty Community Councils. A Community Council is a voluntary organisation set up by statute by the Local Authority and run by local residents to act on behalf of its area as the most local tier of elected representation. The Association of East Loth ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
