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Welcome to Gretna Scotland
England in the early 1700s was facing serious social problems caused by large numbers of irregular marriages taking place around the country. The solution was an Act of Parliament introduced in 1754 by Lord Hardwicke. This restricted the number of places in which marriages could take place; it tightened up the regulations on recording of marriages; and, most significantly, it outlawed marriages in which either bride or groom were under 21 unless both sets of parents or guardians consented. But the 1754 Act did not apply to Scotland. Here it remained possible for anyone of 16 or over to get married with or without their parents' consent and marriages could be carried out without prior notice and in a wide range of venues, without need for a clergyman to officiate. Gretna Green happened to be the first place you reached in Scotland when following the main route north from Carlisle, and so it became a centre for runaway marriages. These were often carried out by the village blacksmith as the tradesman of most respect in the community. And they were often carried out with a sense of urgency driven by the knowledge that one or other set of parents was in hot pursuit. The act of marriage came to be marked by the striking of his anvil by the blacksmith. This could be seen as symbolising the joining together of two pieces of metal in the heat of the blacksmith's fire. Like them, the couples involved were joined together in the heat of the moment and bound together for eternity. Accommodation in and around GretnaPrice Guide - per person based on sharing room:
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Gretna
is a town in Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland. Because they are near the
Anglo-Scottish border, nearby Gretna Green is historically linked to weddings
because of the more liberal marriage laws in Scotland. "Gretna"
has become a term for a place for quick, easy marriages, Every year over
4,000 weddings take place in Gretna and Gretna Green, which amounts to
around one in eight of all weddings that take place in Scotland. And there
seems every chance that the twin settlements are between them home to
rather more than one in eight of all the anvils remaining in Scotland.
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