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Gretna Green

No Gaelic form


Location

Dumfries and Galloway

NY318680


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

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