Buy this book on-line Reeve, Richard and Richard Gilson Reeves (after Charles B. Newhouse) : A False Alarm on the Road to Gretna and One Mile from GretnaB. Moss & Co., late 19th cent.
Two original late 19th-cent. hand-colored aquatints measuring approximately 11 x 16 inches (28 x 41 cm.). Matted and framed. The unpretentious little village of Gretna Green located one mile inside the boarders of Scotland on the historic coaching road between London and Edinburgh, and as such, was the goal of enterprising runaway couples from England. Under a more liberal Scottish law that existed before 1856, all that was needed to constitute legal marriage was a solemn declaration of willingness, before two witnesses: residential qualifications were not necessary. The enterprising blacksmith at Gretna Green, for a consideration of course, would hastily perform the rough and ready formalities. He did rather well with his sideline, joining over 1,000 in wedlock in front of his anvil. Once the word got about of the lucrative trade, the Innkeeper of the Toll Inn decided that he too should get a piece of the action, over and above his tariff for lodgings, performing an 'all in' package for some 1,300 in six years. Click here for full details of this book, to ask a question or to buy it on-line. Bibliophile Bookbase probably offers multiple copies of Reeve, Richard and Richard Gilson Reeves (after Charles B. Newhouse) : A False Alarm on the Road to Gretna and One Mile from Gretna. Click here to select from a complete list of available copies of this book. Bibliophile Bookbase lists over 5 million books, maps and prints including used books, out of print books, incunabula, libri rari and out-of-print books. Bibliophile Bookbase for antiquarian books, maps and prints. |