Gladsmuir

Gladsmuir is a village and parish in East Lothian, Scotland, situated on the A199 and near Tranent and Prestonpans.

The name Gladsmuir stems from the Scots word Gled, meaning a bird of prey, (usually a Buzzard), combined with Muir; the Scots form of Moor.

Gladsmuir's principal "claim to fame" is as the site of the Battle of Prestonpans. This is occasionally referred to as the Battle of Gladsmuir, particularly on maps. The Jacobite poet William Hamilton wrote a poem entitled Gladsmuir 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, was born in Gladsmuir.

Gladsmuir Parish Kirk is a Romanesque cruciform church dating from 1839. A replacement was built after a fire in 1886 and improvements were made in 1929. The old ruined kirk can still be seen and explored behind the new kirk. The graveyard contains several CWGC graves from both wars.