YOU ARE WELCOME TO BE MARRIED in one of our churches if just one of these conditions applies

• you or your fiancé(e) was baptised or prepared for confirmation in the parish
• you or your fiancé(e) ever lived in the parish for six months or more
• you or your fiancé(e) has at any time regularly attended public worship in the parish for six months or more
• one of your parents or your fiancé(e)’s parents has lived in the parish for six months or more in their child’s lifetime
• one of your parents or your fiancé(e)’s parents has regularly attended public worship in the parish for six months or more in their child’s lifetime

• one of your parents or grandparents or your fiancé(e)’s parents or grandparents were married in the parish

If either of you has been married previously and your former husband/wife is still alive, you should alert us to that as soon as possible so that the special issues which arise can be considered. Similarly, if either of you is a foreign National, you should alert us to that as soon as possible.

We do advise all couples wishing to be married to contact the Parish as early as possible ahead of their intended wedding date to begin the application process. Please be aware that we are unable to provide a firm booking for your wedding until your qualification requirements have been validated. You are strongly advised not to proceed with bookings for the reception, photographers, hire cars etc before we have provided you with a firm booking.

To make an application to be married, please come to the Parish Office at Christ Church on any Saturday afternoon between 3.00p.m and 3.30p.m.

If you are being married in another church and are required to have your banns read in our parish, please come to the Parish Office at Christ Church on any Saturday afternoon between 3.00p.m and 3.30p.m. to register.