Getting married in England.

This is dedicated to my beloved new husband Paul. We are getting married soon in England, and I am very excited. And I am hoping to visit the C.S. Lewis Tours, as well as many other places, on our honeymoon. I also am  hoping to invite a few friends from POE, depending on our budget, arrangements etc. If you have any comments or England guidelines as to the decorating of our wedding, traditions, old wives tales,etc.we welcome them. We are going to make this as elegant as possible. As we are truely in love. We stepped out on faith, trusted God, and our hearts, and here we are. And we are getting married. My friends in POE, I want to thank you for all your supportive sweet warm comments. And God Bless everyone. love your friend Jeannie 

Best wishes to you, Jeannie and God bless.

To give you an idea of a typical Church of England wedding Jeannie........

The church used is normally the one from where the bride comes from, and a few weeks prior to the wedding, the Banns are read for 3 weeks which informs people of the up-comming wedding.

Unlike an American wedding where there's loads of bridesmaids and groomsmen, the bride tends to have less bridesmaids---who are all single women, and a married one is known as a Matron of Honour----and the groom has no groomsmen at all. The groom has a Best Man who had assorted duties and other men there assisting are ushers.

In church, the brides family and friends sit on the left and all the groom's connections sit on the right.After most of the service is completed, the marriage certificate is signed and witnessed, and another blessing and prayers will follow.

Then to walk down the aisle, the bride and groom normally change places so he is now on her side of the family seated and vice versa. As they proceed up the aisle, the bridesmaids and Best Man follow; then parents/family, then friends as they leave the church. Wedding photos are done on the day, and none earlier.

But, it does seem more and more people are foregoing church weddings and using other places licenced to do weddings instead, like the hotel I'll be photographing a wedding at this comming weekend.

My fantasy would be to have a small country wedding in a village church as Alistair and Judy did on "As Time Goes By" with reception at the Manor, of course.  (I wonder if Mrs. Bale is available to cater?) 

Hi Jeannie, Goodluck and i am so excited for you I hope all goes well and you 2 have a wonderful life together.;-))

  Hi Paul thats very intresting! I think ppl are going crazy with weddings anyway my neice is getting married next May and around here the cost is normally around 10,000 or more!! ( I say give ME the money and i will take a trip !LOL)Just crazy to me I belive in simple and close friends and family but these days its all for show and tell I think! And there is just something about not getting married in a church that just doesnt seem right, guess i am just old fashion,,lol

You will have to ask her what the weather is like in the english channel.....!

and Warm Congratulations,i'm sure Jeannie!!