Gretna Green the marriage ceremony. The blacksmiths in Gretna became known as "anvil priests", culminating with Richard Rennison, who performed 5,147 ceremonies. The local blacksmith and his anvil became lasting symbols of Gretna Green weddings. Two in particular, The Old Blacksmith's Shop, built around 1712, and Gretna Hall Blacksmith's Shop (1710) became, in popular folklore at least, the focal tourist points for the marriage trade. The Old Blacksmith's Shop opened to the public as a visitor attraction as early as 1887. Victorian chronicler Robert Smith Surtees described Gretna Green at length in his 1848 "New Monthly Magazine" serial, "The Richest Commoner in
Registry of Marriages marriage certificate after solemnisation. Part of the mission of ROM is to administer the Women Charter Act in civil marriages. ROM is an agency of the Ministry of Community Development, Youth and Sports. Registry of Marriages The Registry of Marriages (abbreviated to ROM) is a government agency in Singapore that administers all marriages carried out in the country and solemnizes civil marriages. Marriage records in Singapore date back to the year 1875. On 15 September 1961 Civil Marriages came into force under legislation. The Registry was formed at the same time. ROM was originally located in Fort Canning Park, opposite