Gretna Old Church
Gretna Old Church is situated in the Scottish village of Gretna, but there are many people from the
Cumbrian side of the border who were buried here. The pre 1855 inscriptions at Gretna were transcribed
Society. Over the past few years I have taken a lot of photos at Gretna, trying to find some of the post 1855
inscriptions. Many of the inscriptions originally recorded are now illegible or buried under vegetation, how-
ever there are many inscriptions here not in the original transcript, so this is meant as a supplement to the
original DGFHS publication. My transcriptions taken from photos so are not guaranteed accurate!
Photos taken at Gretna Old Church are in my online album HERE - arranged in alphabetical order. Transcripts are
under each photo, or can be downloaded as a PDF document.
Gretna Old Church
Gretna Old Church is situated in the
Scottish village of Gretna, but there
are many people from the Cumbrian
side of the border who were buried
here. The pre 1855 inscriptions at
Gretna were transcribed by Gilchrist
and Shannon in the 1960s and are
Over the past few years I have taken
a lot of photos at Gretna, trying to
find some of the post 1855 inscrip-
tions. Many of the inscriptions origin-
ally recorded are now illegible or
buried under vegetation, however
there are many inscriptions here not
in the original transcript, so this is
meant as a supplement to the ori-
ginal DGFHS publication. My tran-
scriptions taken from photos so are
not guaranteed accurate!
Photos taken at Gretna Old Church are
in my online album HERE - arranged in
alphabetical order. Transcripts are
under each photo, or can be down-