Bonnie Prince Charlie's Gun Park - Manchester, UK
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dtrebilc
N 53° 28.690 W 002° 15.109
30U E 549654 N 5925725
This blue plaque marks the spot where Bonnie Prince Charlie set up his guns when he entered Manchester.
Waymark Code: WM18907
Location: North West England, United Kingdom
Date Posted: 06/21/2023
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The plaque is on the side of a small office building in the St. John's Conservation area of Manchester.
"In 1745, when the area was still open fields, Bonnie Prince Charlie led the last uprising in the Jacobite Rebellion in his bid for the crown. When in Manchester he used this area as a gun park, an event commemorated in the name Artillery Street and identified on a plaque on the wall of no. 15 Byrom Street."
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IN NOVEMBER 1745
JACOBITE FORCES UNDER
CHARLES EDWARD STUART
(1720-1788)
USED THIS SITE
AS A GUN PARK