Gretna Green (Scotland)
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Information for Authority record
Name (Hebrew)
גרטנה גרין (סקוטלנד)
Name (Latin)
Gretna Green (Scotland)
Coordinates
-3.0625 -3.0625 55.00638889 55.00638889 (gooearth )
W0030400 W0030400 N0545900 N0545900 (geonames )
Associated country
Great Britain
MARC
MARC
Sources of Information
- Sinclair, O. Gretna Green, 1989:t.p. (Gretna Green) p. 1 (village just across border of Scotland)
- BGN UK gaz., 1951(Gretna Green; pop. pl.; 52 ̊32'N, 0 ̊40'W)
- Bartholomew, 1986(Gretna Green; 1 km. north of Gretna)
- Overland Trails Digital Library Collection, 2002(Gretna Green (Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland))
- GeoNEt, May 29, 2002(Gretna Green, populated places, United Kingdom 54deg.59min.00sec.N 003deg.04min.00sec.W)
- Great Britain Road Atlas, 1983:p. 121 (Gretna Green, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland)
Wikipedia description:
Gretna Green is a parish in the southern council area of Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland, close to the town of Gretna, on the Scottish side of the English-Scottish border. It is accessed from the A74(M) motorway. Historically Gretna Green was on the Glasgow-Carlisle road, a significant early toll road between England and Scotland. Gretna Green railway station serves both Gretna Green and Gretna. The Quintinshill rail disaster, the worst rail crash in British history, in which over 220 died, occurred near Gretna Green in 1915. Gretna Green is most famous for its "runaway marriages".
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