Gretna Green - The first house in Scotland with the Scottish Flag (bottom right). Scotland has kept her distinct legal system, church, and education even after 1707, the Union of Parliaments. Marriage laws were much more permissive in Scotland than in England, that is why many young couples chose to cross the border to be able to get married without parental consent. On the left is the famous blacksmith shop where quick and easy marriages were performed - 'Over 10,000 marriages were performed here in this marriage room since 1830'.
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