ALLISONS BANK TOLL BAR is on the Scottish bank of the River Sark. On the English bank is the Sark Bank Hotel (now The Gretna Chase Hotel) built to catch the "illegal" wedding trade. The Toll Bar was also known as SARK BANK TOLL. Crossing from England into Scotland on the old Gretna Road (from Carlisle) it is the first house on the right and is now in a rather sorry state at the entrance to a camping and caravan site.Marriage records are housed in a solicitors office in Carlisle. For listers who know Gretna this is not the old blacksmiths shop (at Gretna Green) of the modern tourist trade. There is a useful article on Allisons Bank at: http://www.britishancestry.org/articles.php?year=2003&month=7&id=6 Eskdale and Liddesdale Advertiser Index from 1848 onwards http://www.langholmarchive.org.uk/ (previous post) may produce some interesting results. I found a marriage (not a Gretna marriage) George Graham, farmer, Cubbyhill to Miss Jane Murray, 2nd daughter of John Murray, Sark Tollbar Rev H Hodgeson, Kirkandrews on Esk ARTHURET is the huge and beautiful church and graveyard close to Longtown, Cumbria. (Just South of the English (Cumberland) Scottish (Dumfriesshire) border at Scotsdike) The Cumbria FHS has recently published a CD of Arthuret MIs (more than 6,400 individuals on more than 1900 graves dating from 1654.) Many of the transcriptions are illuminated by additional information from local newspapers and other sources. There is also a transcript of the burial registers from 1838-1930. Due its size (over 700 pages) it is available as CD (PDF format) only. (£10 by post). Cumbria FHS members can find an article about the publication in the CFHS newsletter no. 129 dated Nov 2008, pgs 24 & 25. Information is also in the publications section on the CFHS website http://cumbriafhs.com/ (This paragraph is not a commercial promotion - I am simply a very grateful recipient of the fascinating data in this huge piece of work.) Martin - Dorset, England ----- Original Message ----- William Robison died at Allison's Bank Bar. FINALLY, I found his Death - in England. He was working as a Toll Keeper (Allison's Bank- near Gretna?), was injured and died as a result ... at Carlisle Hospital on 22.11.1868. He is not buried at the Carlisle Cemetery but I have been informed that he may be buried at a small cemetery in the vicinity of the border - perhaps Arthuret, near Longtown or suchlike.