English / Map Form: Gretna Green
Gaelic Form: No Gaelic form
Location: Dumfries & Galloway
Post Town: GRETNA
Local Authority: Dumfries and Galloway
English / Map Form: Gretna Green
Gaelic Form: No Gaelic form
Language Notes
Element Meaning
Sources
| Gretenho | 1223 Glas. Reg. 123 |
| Gretenhou | 1223 Glas. Reg. 125 |
| Gretenhou | 1296 Cal. Doc. ii, 826 |
| Gretenhou | 1304 Cal. Doc. ii, 1606 |
| Greateney | 1552 Map of the Debateable Land on the West Borders, in National Manuscripts of Scotland [from Williamson] |
| Gretnowe | 1552 Calendar of State Papers relating to Scotland, i. 396 |
Additional Information
OE grēoten hōh, “gravelly hill”. The ending seems to have been confused with ON ey, “island, land surrounded by marsh”.: Williamson