Members will be both saddened and shocked to hear of the death of Adrian Gibson on 16th March. He will most recently be remembered in St Albans for applying his expertise on timber frame buildings to our Kingsbury manor bam. The barn was dated to 1374 and Adrian gave us an on-site talk explaining its unusual features and the manner of its construction and erection. Earlier in 2006 he made a prominent contribution to a TV programme on Hampton Court Palace. He was well known, much liked and unfailingly charming.
Adrian was bom in April 1931 into a musical family and went to school in London where he
later became a teacher. He became involved in practical archaeology, a subject in which he qualified
and subsequently taught.
He retired in 1988 and collaborated with the late Cecil Hewett in the identification,
study and publication of early timber frame buildings.
Adrian worked closely with English Heritage, was Chairman of East Herts Archaeological Society and
Chairman of the Editorial Committee of Hertfordshire Archaeology and History.
He died unexpectedly, in harness.