Church of England wedding If you plan tomarry in an Anglican church, your first port of call should be the vicar. Even if you are not a regular churchgoer,make an appointment to discuss your plans and they will explain the procedures and requirements. If they are able tomarry you, they will arrange for Banns (notices of marriage) to be called at three consecutive Sunday services before your wedding or, if necessary, for a common licence to be issued. Couples who marry in the Church of England do not normally have to involve the local Superintendent Registrar.


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Registrar of the district in which you live. This involves attending the register office in person to give official Notice of Marriage (see pages 26-27). Youmay also need to book registrars to attend the ceremony and register the marriage, so ask your priest for guidance.


Civil marriage and partnership ceremonies There are two types of venue for civil marriages and partnership ceremonies: a register office or an approved venue licensed for the purpose. Although you may not


incorporate any


A religious ceremony in any other church or religious building While, again, your first call should be to the priest, minister, rabbi or person in charge of marriages, you will have to complete the civil preliminaries with the Superintendent


religious content into a civil marriage ceremony, Berkshire registrars are happy to include individual


touches to your ceremony,


provided they can have sight of your choices beforehand so they can ensure they comply with the law.


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