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Gretna Green, The Las Vegas of 18th and 19th C. Britain?

by fangswandsfairy • It's A History Thing • Tags: Banns of marriage, England, Gretna Green, Lizzy, London, Lydia, Marriage Act 1753, PRIDE AND PREJUDICE, Scotland, Wales, Wickham

All the kids are doing it! Why did youngsters run to Gretna Green to get married? Where was it?

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