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Gretna Green

The Nuttall Encyclopedia

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A village in Dumfriesshire, over the border from England, famous from 1754 to 1856 for clandestine marriages, which used latterly to be celebrated in the blacksmith's shop.

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Wood, James, ed. Entry for 'Gretna Green'. The Nuttall Encyclopedia. https://www.studylight.org/​encyclopedias/​eng/​nut/​g/gretna-green.html. Frederick Warne & Co Ltd. London. 1900.
 
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