Hi! The Irregular Marriage information I have on hand are two sets of microfiche: for Coldstream Bridge 1793-1797 and for Lamberton-Mordington 1833-1849. I'd be pleased to look for any marriages you might think could be at either location in these timeframes. There is more information about Irregular Marriages at: <http://www.gro-scotland.gov.uk/grosweb/grosweb.nsf/pages/famrec> Scroll down to the section "Others" , in which there's an item called: Irregular Border and Scottish Runaway Marriages The introduction to the item reads: "Irregular Border and Scottish Runaway Marriages ------------------------------------------------------------------------ "Irregular marriages were entered into by persons who took advantage of the principle in Scots Law that marriage was constituted by mutual consent. The form of contract generally adopted was a simple written declaration of acceptance of each other as husband and wife. This was not the case in England and Wales and led to a thriving marriage business just within the Scottish Border (notably at Gretna Green) for English couples who eloped together to marry in Scotland. They were married by "priests" who would provide a witness and enter the marriage in a register. These registers are not held centrally and indeed the whereabouts of some is unknown. "This leaflet Irregular Border and Scottish Runaway Marriages (5th edition, 2000) compiled by Ronald Nicholson provides details of the extant registers and their current (or last known) location. It is made available on our website by kind permission of the author. " The leaflet can be read on-line. Regards Bob >> << Lamberton Toll marriages>> >> Would you know if there was a marriage between James HIGHMOORE and >> Jane >> FORSTER at Lamberton Toll [or indeed any other irregular marriage >> site] >> around 1850? > > > Do these places have a separate record of the marriages that took > place there? If one couldn't find a marriage in the OPR, for example. > (these would be Border Scots not English) > >