British Place Names

Gretna, Dumfries and Galloway

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Gretna is a village in Dumfries and Galloway

Other current and historical names

Location and coordinates are for the approximate centre of Gretna within this administrative area. Geographic features and populated places may cross administrative borders.

Gretna in historic gazetteers

Gazetteer of the British Isles (Edinburgh: Bartholomew, 1887). John Bartholomew

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.

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