Where you can get married will change according to your religion. Find your religion below to find churches in your area if you are having a religious ceremony. If you are having a civil ceremony then contact your local council. You will have to register to give notice there anyway. Wichita Falls Wedding Photography. They should have a list of venues.
Baptist Union baptist.org.uk
British Humanist Association humanism.org.uk
Catholic Church catholichurch.org.uk
Catholic Marriage Care marriage care.org.uk
Church of England churchofengland.org.uk
Church of England Faculty Office faculatyoffice.org.uk
Church of Scotland churchofscotland.org.uk
General Register Office for England and Wales direct.gov.uk
General Register Office for Scotland geo-scotland.gov.uk
Greek Orthodox Archdiocese thyateira.org.uk
Humanist Society of Scotland humanism-scotland.org.uk
Jewish Marriage Council jmc-uk.org
The Methodist Church methodist.org.uk
The United Reformed Church urc.org.uk
Faith Weddings
For the religious.
For the non-religious who just want to get legally married. You cannot have anything religious in a civil ceremony.
You can choose anything you want. A passage from a book, poems, even song lyrics. There are plenty of resources to give you inspiration online.
The ceremony will need music. If you are getting married in a church you can play religious music but if you are having a civil ceremony nothing religious is allowed. You could have a choir, a soloist or maybe the church will have an organist. Musicians playing the violin or something similar is a nice touch. We had our Uncle Matthew playing the lute at our wedding. He was brilliant and the guests loved it.
You could have an MP3 player or an iPod. Even a CD will do. Just make sure you have someone cueing the music and that they know the right song to play at the right moment. If you are using an iPod then make sure you have a playlist called ‘ceremony’. This will make it easier for those who have to work it.
Here are Some Song Choices…
For the brides’ entrance:
Civil
Morning Mood - E.Greig
Intermezzo - Mascagni
Wedding March - Felix Mendelssohn
Air on the G String - J.S Bach
Love Me Tender - Elvis Presley
Beautiful Day - U2
Baby It’s You - The Beatles
Religious
The Prince of Denmark - J.Clarke
Gloria in excelsis Deo - A. Vivaldi
Trumpet Tune in D - H.Purcell
Dance of the Blessed Spirits - Gluck
Barcarolle - Offenbach
If ye Love Me - T. Tallis
Arrival of The Queen of Sheba - Handel
Signing of the Register.
Civil
What a Wonderful World - Louis Armstrong
Feeling Good - Nina Simone
Chanson de Matin - E.Elgar
One Love - U2
All of Me - John Legend
Religious
Ave Maria - F. Schubert
The Lord bless you and keep you - J.Rutter
Ave Verum Corpus - Mozart
Melody in F - Rubinstein
To a Wild Rose - MacDowell
Bride And Groom Exit
Civil
Walking On Sunshine - Katrina and The Waves
Can’t Help Falling in Love - Elvis Presley
When I Fall in Love - Nat King Cole
At Last - Etta James
Signed, Sealed, Delivered I’m Yours - Stevie Wonder
Religious
Hallelujah Chorus - G.F Handel
Toccata From Symphony No. 5 - C.M. Widor
La Réjouissance - G.F Handel
Trumpet Tune - Purcell
Wedding March - Wagner
Religious Hymns.
Amazing Grace
All Things Bright And Beautiful
Praise Ye The Lord
The Lord’s My Shepherd
Morning Has Broken
Jerusalem
Glorious Things of Thee Are Spoken
Dear Lord and Father of Mankind
Come to a Wedding
A marriage is a legal contract and as such it is subject to some legal requirements. The first one being that you must give notice or banns.
You need a marriage licence to get married. (In Scotland and Northern Ireland referred to as a ‘marriage schedule’). This authorises you to get married and then after you get married you will have a marriage certificate that proves that you are.
When you do get your marriage certificate you should order some extra copies. If you order them before the wedding they are usually cheaper. You have to mail an original copy of your marriage certificate if you change your name and apply for a new national insurance card or driving licence. You will worry less if you have a few extra copies.
To get married both you and your future spouse must be:
At least 16-years-old to get married, or a same sex couple if you want to register a civil partnership. You will need parental consent in England, Northern Ireland and Wales if you are under 18.
You must be ‘free to marry’ which means you should both be single, widowed or divorced, or in a civil partnership which has since been dissolved.
You will have to give notice to marry and then after sixteen days you can marry. Sometimes the sixteen days varies depending on location, but it is typically about a fortnight.
You have two options when you marry: civil or religious ceremony.
A civil ceremony is a legally approved marriage which hasn’t, and isn’t allowed, any religious parts. You can have a civil ceremony in any register office or at any venue that is licensed to hold wedding ceremonies. Booking a register office is the cheaper option but you will still need to hold your reception somewhere else. The easier option is to have your ceremony and reception in the one place. This also helps with transport and avoids any traffic issues. You will have to pay the registrar an extra fee to go to the venue.
Enfield Register Office charges the following as of 1 July 2014.
Marriage Certificates: £4 each - on day of registration only
• Notice fee £35 per person
• Mon - WedSimple Ceremony in the Admiral's Suite £120
• Friday Enhanced Ceremony in the Admiral's Suite £200
• Saturday Enhanced Ceremony in the Admiral's Suite £300
• Mon - Sun at an approved premise £450
• Mon - Sun at an approved premise after 6pm £650
• Certificates - on day of registration only £4 each
Certificates thereafter £10 each
Wandsworth Register Office charge the following.
Weekday wedding at Wandsworth Register Office £45
Victoria Room: weekday £100 weekend £130
Alexandra Room: weekday £150 Saturday £220
Approved venues in Wandsworth: weekday £280 Saturday £350 Sunday £380
Marriage certificates cost £4 each.
Marriage fees in America range from $10 to $115, depending on which state you marry in.
For each person submitting a notice of marriage, civil or religious, to the
district registrar £30
For solemnisation of a civil marriage £55. For each extract of the entry in the register of marriages (applied for within one month of registration of the marriage, civil or religious) £10.
Two people could thus give notice of marriage, have a civil marriage solemnised by the registrar in a registration office, and have one extract of the register entry (their 'marriage certificate') for the total in statutory fees of £125
For more information on marrying in Scotland go to http://www.gro-scotland.gov.uk/regscot/getting-married-in-scotland/i-want-to-get-married-in-scotland-how-do-i-go-about-it.html”
If one of you is living abroad it may be possible to give notice of your intention to marry in the country in which you live, as long as that country has signed up to the British Subjects Facilities Act. You can visit www.gov.uk/marriages-civil-partnerships for information that is up-to-date.