Saint Margaret's Hornby
Saint Michael the Archangel Whittington
Saint John the Baptist Arkholme
Saint John the Evangelist Gressingham
in the Lune Valley in north Lancashire
Option 3: 'Prayers and Paperwork' only
If you just want to legally register your marriage, with some prayers, but none of the usual grand ceremonials, this is the option for you
This is a simple ceremony of readings and prayers
If you are a member of one of our regular Sunday congregations, the ceremony can take place during the usual Sunday service
Otherwise, it can take place on any day of the week during summer (June to September inclusive, local diaries permitting), or in colder months on a day when another service has already taken place in the same church
(so that it is already warm) - this applies to Hornby virtually every Sunday and Wednesday, and to each of the other churches on two or three Sundays each month
The quiet, prayerful ceremony takes only a few minutes
A single price of £495 (2021 rate) applies across all four churches
This includes all legal costs (including banns here but not elsewhere)
You can book up to six months in advance
Contact the churchwarden (details on home page) with the following information
• both your full names and dates of birth
• some suggested dates
• your preferred venue (ie which of the four churches)
• your answers to the five questions from here, and your qualifying connection with the parish from here (which you should have already seen)
• your best contact details - address, phone, email, and say if you have WhatsApp
Once the date, time and venue are agreed, you should confirm the booking by making full payment, by cheque, payable to whichever of the following applies:
Hornby Saint Margaret PCC, Whittington PCC, Arkholme PCC, Gressingham PCC
The churchwarden will tell you where to send the cheque
We will acknowledge receipt, and that confirms your booking
From 4 May 2021, while the church can still complete the legal registration of your marriage, it can no longer issue a marriage certificate to show that the marriage has been legally registered. You can obtain a marriage certificate later, after your wedding, for a small fee, on application to Lancaster Register Office.
And finally...
...don't forget to go through the three month checklist and the one month checklist on the main weddings information page
Make a note that you need to do this, as you may not receive a reminder
The same page has Frequently Asked Questions and other information
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