Old Cumbria Gazetteer - Gretna Green, Scotland

Gretna Green, Scotland

Gretna Green

locality:-

Gretna

country:-

Scotland

locality type:-

locality

locality type:-

buildings

coordinates:-

NY31936806 (etc)

1Km square:-

NY3168

10Km square:-

NY36

evidence:-

old map:- Saxton 1579
placename:- Gretney Kirk

source data:-

Map, hand coloured engraving, Westmorlandiae et Cumberlandiae Comitatus ie Westmorland and Cumberland, scale about 5 miles to 1 inch, by Christopher Saxton, London, engraved by Augustinus Ryther, 1576, published 1579-1645.

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Church, symbol for a parish or village, with a parish church. "Gretney kirk"
item:- private collection : 2
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evidence:-

old map:- Burghley 1590 (facsimile)
placename:- Gretney Kirk

source data:-

Facsimile map, A Platt of the Opposete Border of Scotland to ye West Marches of England, parts of Cumberland and Scotland including the Debateable Land, from a manuscript drawn for William Cecil, Lord Burghley, about 1590, published by R B Armstrong, 1897.
courtesy of the National Library of Scotland

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"Gretney kirk"
circle, tower
item:- National Library of Scotland : MS6113 f.267
Image © National Library of Scotland

evidence:-

old map:- Speed 1611 (Cmd)
placename:- Gretney Kirk

source data:-

Map, hand coloured engraving, Cumberland and the Ancient Citie Carlile Described, scale about 4 miles to 1 inch, by John Speed, 1610, published by J Sudbury and George Humble, Popes Head Alley, London, 1611-12.

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"Gretney kirk"
circle, building, tower; Scotland
item:- private collection : 16
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evidence:-

old map:- Jansson 1646
placename:- Gretney Kirk

source data:-

Map, hand coloured engraving, Cumbria and Westmoria, ie Cumberland and Westmorland, scale about 3.5 miles to 1 inch, by John Jansson, Amsterdam, Netherlands, 1646.

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"Gretney kirk"
Buildings and tower.
item:- JandMN : 88
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evidence:-

old map:- Morden 1695 (Cmd)
placename:- Gretney Kirk

source data:-

Map, uncoloured engraving, Cumberland, scale about 4 miles to 1 inch, by Robert Morden, 1695, published by Abel Swale, the Unicorn, St Paul's Churchyard, Awnsham, and John Churchill, the Black Swan, Paternoster Row, London, 1695-1715.

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"Gretney Kirk"
Circle, building and tower.
item:- JandMN : 90
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evidence:-

road book:- Cary 1798 (2nd edn 1802)
placename:- Gretna Green

source data:-

Road book, itineraries, Cary's New Itinerary, by John Cary, 181 Strand, London, 2nd edn 1802.

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page 269-270 "Gretna Green / At Gretna Green. on r. a T.R. to Glasgow, thro' Ecclefechan."

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page 283-284 "Gretna Green - T.G. / At Gretna Green, on l. a T.R. to Port Patrick."
item:- JandMN : 228.1
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evidence:-

old map:- Wallis 1810 (Cmd)
placename:- Gretna Green

source data:-

Road map, hand coloured engraving, Cumberland, scale about 16 miles to 1 inch, by James Wallis, 77 Berwick Stree, Soho, London, 1810.

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"Gretna Green"
village, hamlet, house, ...
item:- Dove Cottage : 2009.81.10
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evidence:-

old text:- Gents Mag
item:- marriage, on an anvil; Gretna marriage; marriage, clandestine

source data:-

Magazine, The Gentleman's Magazine or Monthly Intelligencer or Historical Chronicle, published by Edward Cave under the pseudonym Sylvanus Urban, and by other publishers, London, monthly from 1731 to 1922.

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Gentleman's Magazine 1820 part 1 p.406 "TOUR THROUGH ENGLAND AND SCOTLAND."
"... I pursued my rout to a place that has given an aching heart to many a parent; and if I object more particularly to one thing than another, it is the abominable system of matrimony upon an anvil, and uniting persons by the means of a horseshoe-maker. Gretna Green was the only place passed on the North side of the Tweed with disgust, and it arose from this contemptible adoption of means for an honourable connexion between the sexes. I must also observe, that my feelings were somewhat shocked at the naked feet and ancles of the females, fearing that they would be lacerated by sharp stones, and bruised by hard roads. ..."

evidence:-

old text:- Harper 1907
placename:- Gretna Green

source data:-

HP01p184.txt
Page 184:- "..."

places:-

NY33186765 Dumfries Line Junction ()

Gretna Hall ()

NY31836787 Gretna Green Station ()

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