Greenlaw (Scottish Borders)

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Greenlaw
Greenlaw City Hall
Greenlaw City Hall
Coordinates 55 ° 42 ′  N , 2 ° 28 ′  W Coordinates: 55 ° 42 ′  N , 2 ° 28 ′  W
Greenlaw (Scotland)
Greenlaw
Greenlaw
Residents 653 2011 census
administration
Post town GREENLAW
ZIP code section TD10
prefix 01361
Part of the country Scotland
Council area Scottish Borders
British Parliament Berwickshire, Roxburgh and Selkirk
Scottish Parliament Ettrick, Roxburgh and Berwickshire

Greenlaw is a village in the Scottish Council Area Scottish Borders or in the traditional county of Berwickshire . It is located about ten kilometers north of Kelso on the left bank of Blackadder Water .

history

The Greenlaw settlement was developed towards the end of the 17th century. In 1696 Greenlaw was installed as the Burgh of Barony and was named the County Town (administrative seat) of Berwickshire. However, Greenlaw did not develop into a commercial center to the extent expected. From 1853, Duns and Greenlaw shared the status of County Town.

As early as 1147 a church building was recorded at the site, which was subordinated to the Kelso Abbey . Today's Greenlaw Church was probably built in 1675 on the site of the medieval church. It is one of the oldest preserved buildings in Greenlaw. In 1834 the last person in Scotland was hanged in public in front of Greenlaw Church.

To make way for the construction of the new Greenlaw Town Hall in 1829, the market cross from 1609 was ultimately moved in front of Greenlaw Church. The new market cross of Greenlaw was installed in front of the town hall. It is largely a copy of the older cross. To accommodate legal guests, a hotel was built with the Castle Inn opposite the town hall. According to local history, Patrick Hume, 1st Earl of Marchmont, was the founder of the original market cross. The Earls of Marchmont resided in the nearby Marchmont House from the 1750s .

In the course of the 20th century, the population of Greenlaw fluctuated only insignificantly between 544 and 601. In the context of the 2011 census survey, however, 653 people were counted.

traffic

Of Oxton by Morpeth leading A697 is the main road from Greenlaw. Furthermore, the A6105 ( Berwick-upon-Tweed - Earlston ) crosses in the center .

In 1865 Greenlaw got its own station along the newly opened Berwickshire Railway . The route coming from St Boswells led to Reston , connecting the Waverley Line with the East Coast Main Line . However, like the railway line, the station was closed in 1966.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c Entry in the Gazetteer for Scotland
  2. ^ A b Greenlaw in: FH Groome (ed.): Ordnance Gazetteer of Scotland: A Survey of Scottish Topography, Statistical, Biographical and Historical , Grange Publishing Works, Edinburgh, 1882–1885.
  3. ↑ Listed Building - Entry . In: Historic Scotland .
  4. ↑ Entry on Greenlaw Church  in Canmore, the database of Historic Environment Scotland (English)
  5. ↑ Listed Building - Entry . In: Historic Scotland .
  6. ↑ Listed Building - Entry . In: Historic Scotland .
  7. ↑ Listed Building - Entry . In: Historic Scotland .
  8. ↑ Garden and Designed Landscape - entry . In: Historic Scotland .
  9. ^ Information in the Gazetteer for Scotland
  10. ↑ 2011 census
  11. ↑ Information on the Berwickshire Railway

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