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Subject: clandestine marriage
Date: Sunday, 29 August 1999 22:39
Jeremy,
I hope that anyone answering your query will do so via the group but if
not, may I please ask if you would keep us informed of any direct messages
you may receive? This is most interesting, especially in view of the time
period referred to, when positive proof of events becomes less easy to
find. It does seem to suggest that the couples concerned might have been
from anywhere in England, as the Gretna Green couples were.
Jo Keen.
In the mid C19 it was stated that a century ago there was a brisk trade in
smuggling people to Guernsey for secret weddings; and this rivaled Gretna
Green.WOODWARD Bernard Bolingbroke: A General History of Hampshire, or
the
County of Southampton, including the Isle of Wight. By B. B. W. ..., T. C.
Wilks ... and C. Lockhart. 3 vol. London, [1861-69.] 4o. ii 132
Is anyone aware of any evidence to confirm this ?
Jeremy
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