Charles Edward Stuart blue plaque

This blue commemorative plaque records: Bonnie Prince Charlie rested here on 3rd and 7th December 1745 with this view of the Ancient Market Place on his advance and retreat having failed to claim the British Crown Recorded plaque organisation: Leek and District Civic Society.

Charles Edward Stuart, also known as Bonnie Prince Charlie, was the pretender to the British throne and led the Jacobite rising of 1745; he is remembered for his attempt to restore the Stuart monarchy to the thrones of England and Scotland.