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Barclays Bank, Saffron Walden. The Gibson family of Saffron Walden owned a brewery, an extensive chain of public houses, a bank and a number of substantial residential properties in the town. [2] As a botanist, Gibson discovered various plants, was made a Fellow of the Linnean Society in 1847, and published Flora of Essex. [5]
Saffron Walden Museum, with a glacial erratic and stone coffins displayed in the grounds. Saffron Walden Museum, which was established in 1835 by Saffron Walden Natural History Society, is close to the town's castle. The museum had many benefactors from local families, including the Gibsons, Frys and Tukes.
It is located in Museum Street within the town of Saffron Walden, set in an enclosed grass meadow near the ruins of the 12-century Walden Castle. The museum's collections cover ancient cultures, archaeology, ceramics and glass, costumes and textiles, geology, furniture and woodwork, social and local history, natural history, and world cultures. [3]
On 1 October 1789 in Dunmow, Essex, he married Elizabeth Wyatt, the daughter of Jabez Wyatt of Saffron Walden. [1] They had five children: Wyatt George Gibson (1790–1862), banker; Mary Gibson (1791-1839) Jabez Gibson (1794-1838), banker; Ann Gibson (1799-1802) Francis Gibson (1805-1858), businessman
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Hill House is a 19th-century building at 75 High Street, Saffron Walden, Essex, England. It is listed Grade II. In 1845, George Stacey Gibson (1818–1883) and his wife Elizabeth, the daughter of Samuel Tuke, bought Hill House and lived there until their death. Gibson was a British banker, botanist and philanthropist. [1]