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CHURCH [parish, Gretna Green] Estd. [Established] Church
Estd. [Established] Church
Estd. [Established] Church
Rev. [Reverend] J. Roddick
B. Fergusson Esqr.
Mr. W. Duff
064 [Situation] In Gretna Green.
A plain Stone building erected in 1787 at a Cost of about £1000 Capable of Accomodating 800 of a Congregation, the present Congregation is about 400, Communicants 300, The minister is the Rev. [Reverend] John Roddick whose Stipend varies 350£ to £400 per Annum. This Churchyard is the burial place of Wallace of Craigie, A lineal descendant of the renowned Sir William Wallace, who was slain at the battle of Sark.
GLASGOW AND SOUTH-WESTERN RAILWAY Glasgow And South Western Railway
Glasgow And South Western Railway
Rev. [Reverend] J. Roddick
B. Fergusson Esqr.
Mr. W. Duff
063; 064 [Situation] In the South of Springfield.
The Glasgow And Southwestern Railway from Glasgow to Carlisle, traverses this Parish from east to S.W. [South West] An Act of Parliament was granted for this line in the Session of 1846 And it was opened throughout its whole length in the Year 1849.

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Parish of Gretna -- Plan 64.1 Trace 5

[Signed] Philip Munro
Lce. Corp. R.E. [Lance Corporal Royal Engineers]

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