Gretna Green is a village located in Scotland. This small village is known as a destination for people who want to have historic marriages. This location was the place where young people came to elope when the 1754 Marriage Act was in place. This location is mentioned at the beginning of "Recollections of a Tour Made in Scotland". The narrator says,  "There the marriages are performed. Further on, though almost contiguous, is Gretna Green, upon a hill and among trees."  He is describing that people come here to get married. 

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