Booking your venue
We will accept provisional bookings up
to 2 years in advance of the intended
ceremony. A non refundable booking
fee is required to reserve a date for a
ceremony more than 12 months and
up to 2 years in the future. This fee is
completely separate from any other
fee which may be required by the
Registration Service.
If you are booking a ceremony within 12
months of the date, a non refundable
deposit will be required at the time of
booking, this fee is deductable from the
ceremony fee which the Registration
Service will charge.
Civil Marriages
in Shropshire
In Shropshire, we have a wealth of
beautiful venues in which to hold a
civil marriage or civil partnership,
or indeed any other of our
ceremonies, such as a naming or a
renewal of vows.
We have everything from castles
and stately homes, to council
buildings and registrars offices,
to hotels large and small, country
pubs and everything in between.
We are confident that there will be
a venue suitable for all tastes and
all budgets.
All couples having ceremonies at an
Approved Venue are encouraged
to personalise their ceremonies by
including readings and music.
A selection of readings and poems are
included in this brochure to help you
with your choices.
An inclusion in a ceremony cannot
be religious and inclusions are at
the discretion of the Superintendent
Registrar who is responsible for
ensuring that you have a valid marriage
or civil partnership.
Our full terms and conditions of
booking are available on our website
www.shropshire.gov.uk
We always remember that every
ceremony will be a unique event.
You’ve probably already made
plans and have many ideas on
how your ceremony will be part
of the best day of your life.
We will look after every detail of
your ceremony making sure that
it becomes a memorable family
occasion.
Don’t panic!
Religious venues
The law is different if you want to hold
your civil partnership or marriage in a
religious building.
It is not possible for a civil partnership
or a marriage of a same sex couple to
take place in a church of the Church of
England.
Civil partnerships and marriages
can take place in churches but these
have to be registered or licensed for
this purpose. Therefore it should be
understood that for a civil partnership
or a marriage of a same sex couple to
take place in a church of any religious
denomination, that church must have
opted in to this provision.
When arranging for a marriage or civil
partnership in any religious building
please speak to the local registration
service first. There are a number
of legal requirements which have to
be satisfied in order for a marriage
to take place. In all churches of any
faith other than Church of England
your legal preliminaries will need to
be done with the registration service
and the legislation will require that a
number of provisions have to be met
before the legal preliminaries can be
done.
For marriages in the Church of
England, some vicars will ask
that couples give their notices to a
registrar instead of the Banns being
read. In 2015 changes in the law
require those people who are subject
to immigration control wanting to
marry in the Church of England to
give their notices to the Registration
Service and the provision for banns
removed.
We know how excited and nervous you can be on your special day. Do not
worry, we will look after you, and tell you what you need to do and say as the
ceremony goes along.
There is nothing for you to remember to do on your own. You will never be
asked to repeat large numbers of words; we will break down the sections
into small bite size pieces and help you all the way through.
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