Weddings at St Andrews |
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A wedding at St Andrew's © Richard Cater (01225 812787)
To make arrangements for a wedding, or to have your Banns of Marriage called, please come to the Parish Office, across the footpath from St. Andrew’s Church, on any Thursday between 6.15–7.00pm or telephone 01249 655947 (answerphone outside these hours).You may also email the Weddings Secretary here.
You might also find it helpful to read the Church of England’s thoughts on weddings.
Can anyone get married at St Andrew’s?
Everyone lives in a parish, and has a legal right to be married in their parish church if they are legally free to do so. If you want to check whether you live in the Parish of St Andrew Chippenham with Tytherton Lucas, please click here and click on the map. If you or your fiancé(e) live in the area coloured pink, you live in the parish.
You may also be married here if you are a regular worshipper at St Andrew’s or St Nicholas’ Churches and are on the church’s electoral roll.
If you qualify by residence or electoral roll, you need read no further – you have a right to be married at St Andrew’s if you are legally free to marry. An application form can be downloaded here
You may still get married in a parish church even if you don’t live in the parish, if you or your fiancé(e) can demonstrate a Qualifying Connection. A person has a Qualifying Connection with a parish if that person:
Or
A Parent of that person has at any time during that person’s lifetime:
Or
If you think you qualify, please come to the Parish Office. You will be asked to fill in a form (a copy of which you can download here if you wish to do so before coming - but only use this form if you think you qualify by reason of a Qualifying Connection). You may want to see the Vicar to talk this through and he will help you with it. Guidelines can be found by following the links on this page on the Church of England website.
Please feel free to talk to the Vicar if you have any questions. He will help you answer them. If it turns out that you still do not qualify for getting married in the parish of St Andrew Chippenham he will help you find the church where you can.
Statutory Fees for Weddings
| To Parochial Church Council | £134.00 |
| To Priest (towards stipend) | £126.00 |
| Banns | £22.00 |
| (Banns Certificate | £12.00) |
| Copy of Marriage Certificate | £3.50 |
| Copy of Marriage Certificate issued on another occasion | £9.00 |
Non-Statutory Fee
| Verger | £30.00 |
Optional Extras
| Organist | £60.00 | |
| Choir | £85.00 | |
| Bells/Bellringers | £85.00 | |
| Flowers+ | £50.00 | per pedestal (estimate) |
| Use of Video* | £15.00 | payable to organist conditional on their permission |
| Heating | £100.00 |
You might wish to take this opportunity of making a voluntary donation towards the cost of maintaining the fabric of this large and ancient church. If you can fill in the Gift Aid declaration (on the envelope) this will allow St. Andrew’s to recover the income tax. A sum in the region of £20 might be appropriate.
+ The flower arrangers at St. Andrew’s will be happy to help with your flowers. The cost will depend on what you order, and how much flowers cost on the day. You should pay the flower arrangers direct and in advance (they need the money to buy the flowers). Please ring Mrs Sybil Lovelock for more details (01249 444809).
* The use of a video can only be permitted on production of a Wedding Video Licence, and after obtaining the permission of the Director of Music at St Andrew's Church. You can apply for a Licence at the Wedding Video Recording Licence website where there is a calculator to help you work out the cost, and a facility for paying on-line. Please bring the print out of your licence to the Church Office before your wedding.
April 2010