The Year That Was....1881

I found this lovely date plaque on a building at the far west end of Peebles High Street, opposite the Parish Church.

1881 was the year in which:
- The 1881 census took place (3-4 April).
- Peebles had a population of 2631 (compared to 8000 in 2012).
- Woollen manufacture was the main employment in the area employing 1459 people across Peebles, Innerleithen and Walkerburn.
- Peebles Hydro was opened by the Hydropathic Company to provide water cures and hydrotherapy remedies.
- The parish church at the west end of the High Street was still being built.