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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