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From: Josephine Jeremiah <>
Subject: Re: Pill marriages at St. Philip and St. Jacob, Bristol ?
Date: Mon, 02 Feb 2004 10:41:07 +0000 (GMT)
References: <401D4BDC.2010904@pcug.org.au> <4c7a0d4a4cjojeremiah@dsl.pipex.com> <014f01c3e970$e4e92740$4301a8c0@mums>
In-Reply-To: <014f01c3e970$e4e92740$4301a8c0@mums>


In article <014f01c3e970$e4e92740$>,
A. Day <> wrote:
> Would Bristol have been like a local "London " or "Gretna Green" for
> young couples escaping parents?

Hi Ann,

To be honest I don't know, but I wouldn't have thought so. Some of my
ancestors from the surrounding villages, who were married in Bristol, were
not young couples and for some it was a second marriage.

Josephine

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