Gretna Green is a town famous for its clandestine marriages and elopements for centuries.

In Sense and Sensibility, Colonel Brandon's estate, Delaford, is in Dorsetshire. Colonel Brandon offers it to Edward Ferrars, and Elinor and Edward move in there when they get married. At the end of the novel, Marianne marries Colonel Brandon and becomes the mistress of this estate, keeping the sisters close together.