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Coming home to UK from USA

Resident Reverend,

My fiance and I live in the US but are originally from the UK. We have decided to get married in the Lake District and really believe that a church wedding adds a spiritual dimension to marriage. However, we do not regularly go to church and obviously are not members of a church in the Lake district. The reception will be held in Lazonby and I was hoping you could help me understand if there is any way we could get married in a church in that parish. We have no connection to any church in the Parish.

Secondly, if there is no possibility of getting married in that parish, my fiances farther lives in Watermillock and there is a beautiful church in the village. Would this be an option as we have family in the parish even though it's unlikely we will be able to visit the church regularly due to us living abroad.

As you can see it's complicated so any assistance would be very much appreciated.

Thanks

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Jan Harney's picture

Hi Carolynne
If you have no links with the church then the only way to do this is to move into the area for 15 days, having notified the local clergy in advance.

However, your father-in-law's residency in Watermillock is a qualifying link for you to marry THERE as long as he has lived there for 6 months or more.

You can then apply for a Common Licence so get in touch with dad's local Vicar to take this option forward.
Hope this helps
Kind regards
Jan
Jan Harney (Rev'd)
http://www.asineden.co.uk