Marriage at St Mary's

Both the Old Church and the New Church are licensed for weddings, and either may provide a wonderful setting.

In order to be married at St Mary's, one of the couple must live in the parish, or must be on our Electoral Roll as a member of the church. Arrangements are made through the parish office (please call 020 7254 6072).

Fees
Fees for weddings are not set by parishes but by Parliament. They usually increase annually on 1st January and by more than the rate of inflation.

The costs for 2008 break down like this:

Wedding Service	247.00
Publication of Banns	22.00
Flowers	25.00
Marriage Certificate	3.50
Organist’s Fee	75.00
Verger’s Fee	15.00
Clerk’s Fee	10.00
Heat / light / maintenance	30.00
Total	427.50

Please note that in addition to the above, if one of you lives in another parish then you will have to get your banns read in the parish church of the parish where you live, and collect a certificate to say they have been read, and bring it to us at St Mary's. There is a legal fee payable to the other church for this, which is £30. These fees also apply for banns read at St Mary's for a wedding elsewhere.

There is a legal obligation on you to pay the fees for your wedding, so if we do not receive the fees then your wedding service may be delayed or cancelled. We would hate your wedding service to run into any kind of unfortunate trouble because of the money. So we ask you to pay by cheque at least a fortnight in advance to allow the cheque to clear.