Greenlaw
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Greenlaw is a town and civil parish situated in the foothills of the Lammermuir Hills on Blackadder Water at the junction of the A697 and the A6105 in the Scottish Borders area of Scotland. At the 2001 census, the parish had a population of 661.
Key facts
- UK place.official_name
- Greenlaw
- UK place.static_image_name
- Greenlaw Town Hall.jpg
- UK place.static_image_caption
- Greenlaw Town Hall
- UK place.map_type
- Scotland
- UK place.population_ref
- ()
- UK place.os_grid_reference
- NT710460
- UK place.civil_parish
- Greenlaw
- UK place.unitary_scotland
- Scottish Borders
- UK place.lieutenancy_scotland
- Berwickshire
- UK place.country
- Scotland
- UK place.post_town
- DUNS
- UK place.postcode_area
- TD
- UK place.postcode_district
- TD10
- UK place.dial_code
- 01361
- UK place.constituency_westminster
- Berwickshire, Roxburgh and Selkirk
- UK place.constituency_scottish_parliament
- Ettrick, Roxburgh and Berwickshire
- UK legislation.short_title
- Greenlaw Act 1696
- UK legislation.type
- Act
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- town
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Population
- 630
- Time zone
- UTC±00:00
- Image
- Greenlaw Town Hall.jpg
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- OS grid reference
- NT7146
- Commons category
- Greenlaw
- historic county
- Berwickshire
- P8168
- zinc stearate
- described by source
- Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition
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Encyclopedic overview
8 sectionsContents
- History
- Facilities
- Geography
- Climate
- Notable residents
- See also
- References
- External links
Greenlaw is a town and civil parish situated in the foothills of the Lammermuir Hills on Blackadder Water at the junction of the A697 and the A6105 in the Scottish Borders area of Scotland. At the 2001 census, the parish had a population of 661.
==History== thumb|left|Greenlaw Church completed in 1675 Greenlaw was first made the county town of Berwickshire in 1596. At that time, Greenlaw was situated about south of the present village, atop a hill - the 'Green Law'. This area is now known as Old Greenlaw.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Greenlaw” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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