Notes for guidance and conditions of Civil Marriages
held at Langley Castle
1st April 2007 - 31st March 2008

1. Couples seeking to be married at Langley Castle are still required to give Notice of Marriage to the Superintendent Registrar of the Registration District in which they live.
    

2. No confirmation of the reservation of the Marriage Room, for a Civil Marriage ceremony can be given, unless the local Superintendent Registrar has given an assurance that staff to conduct the ceremony will be available.
    

3. The Registration and Marriage Acts require that all Civil Marriages are celebrated by a Superintendent Registrar and registered by a Registrar of Marriages. The Marriage couple will be responsible for booking and for paying the fees for the attendance of these registration staff. Langley Castle will not be responsible for providing anyone to conduct a Civil Marriage ceremony.
    

4. Any readings, music or performance which forms part of the Civil Marriage Ceremony celebrated at Langley Castle are secular in nature (no religious content). For this purpose any reading or music, played by way of an introduction to, in any interval between parts of or as a conclusion, shall be treated as forming part of the ceremony.
    

5. No food or drink may be served or consumed in the room where the ceremony takes place, for one hour prior to the ceremony or during the ceremony itself.
    

6. Full access, for the general public, must be allowed, to any Civil Marriage which is solemnised at Langley Castle.
    

7. The arrangements and content for each Civil Marriage Ceremony, must meet with the approval of the Superintendent Registrar
    

8. The areas approved for the celebration of Civil Marriages at Langley Castle are The Drawing Room and the Josephine Restaurant. The number of persons attending Civil Marriages will determine the room that will be used. For numbers less than 40, the Marriage room will be the Drawing Room. Should the number of guests exceed 40, the Marriage room will be the Josephine Restaurant.
    

9. The charge for a Civil Marriage at the Castle on either a Friday, Saturday or a Sunday is £795. On any other day of the week with the exception of Bank Holidays, the charge will be £495. These fees do not include the fees due to the Registrar.
   NB; A Civil Ceremony is not permitted to be held on a Good Friday, Christmas Day, Boxing Day and New Years Day and subsequent associated Bank Holidays
    

10. The Superintendent Registrar, Northumberland West is Mrs Graham ~ Tel.01434 602355.
     

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