Gretna (or Graitney) | As described in John Bartholomew's Gazetteer of the British Isles (1887)

Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for Gretna (or Graitney)

Gretna (or Graitney), par. and vil. (ry. stations, Gretna and Gretna Green), Dumfries-shire, on Solway Firth -- par., 7863 ac., pop. 1212; vil. (comprising Gretna Green and Springfield), 9½ miles NW. of Carlisle; P.O., T.O.; Gretna Green was long famous for its runaway marriages.

(John Bartholomew, Gazetteer of the British Isles (1887))

Linked entities:
Feature Description:	"parish" (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions")
Administrative units:	Gretna Parish Dumfries Shire County
Place names:	GRAITNEY \| GRETNA \| GRETNA OR GRAITNEY
Place:	Gretna

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