Old Photograph Town Hall Greenlaw Scotland

Old photograph of the town hall in Greenlaw, located in the foothills of the Lammermuir Hills on Blackadder Water at the junction of the A697 and the A6105 in the Scottish Borders of Scotland. Greenlaw's impressive town hall, completed in 1831, is a listed building from its county town era and was one of the buildings shortlisted in the 2006 BBC television series Restoration Village. Though it did not win in its particular category, the interest created led to the gift of private money and the building was restored in 2010. Thomas Gibson was born in Greenlaw on on 8 January 1825, the son of Thomas Gibson, born 1751, died 1820, and his wife Helen Lunham. He was educated at the free church school in Greenlaw. He went to Canada West in 1854. He served as reeve for Howick Township for 7 years. He ran unsuccessfully in Huron North in 1867. The township of Gibson, now part of the Township of Georgian Bay in the Muskoka District, was named after him. He died in January 1901 and is buried in Wroxeter, Ontario with his wife Elizabeth, born 1830, died 1878. His nephew was the noted mathematician Professor George Alexander Gibson, born 1858, died 1930.



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