The old Prison at Greenlaw Church

Introduction

The photograph on this page of The old Prison at Greenlaw Church by Jennifer Petrie as part of the Geograph project.

The Geograph project started in 2005 with the aim of publishing, organising and preserving representative images for every square kilometre of Great Britain, Ireland and the Isle of Man.

There are currently over 7.5m images from over 14,400 individuals and you can help contribute to the project by visiting https://www.geograph.org.uk

The old Prison at Greenlaw Church

Image: © Jennifer Petrie Taken: 1 May 2021

The present church was built here in 1675. A prison resembling a church tower was added by 1712 and was used until 1824. The tower house, town clock and church bell were provided by Thomas Broomfield about 1696.

Images are licensed for reuse under creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0

Image Location

coordinates on a map icon
Latitude
55.706476
Longitude
-2.463841