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  2. Church in Wales - Wikipedia

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    Today, the Church in Wales is fully independent of both the state and the Church of England. It is an independent member of the Anglican Communion, as are the Church of Ireland and the Scottish Episcopal Church. In the first years of the 21st century, the Church in Wales has begun to engage in numerous debates.

  3. Schulze Registers - Wikipedia

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    The Schulze Registers are the only surviving record of clandestine marriages in Ireland.. Canon law in the 18th and 19th centuries in Ireland stipulated that banns should be called or a marriage licence obtained before a marriage could take place and that the marriage should be celebrated in the parish where at least one of the parties was resident.

  4. Marriage in England and Wales - Wikipedia

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    Marriage is available in England and Wales to both opposite-sex and same-sex couples and is legally recognised in the forms of both civil and religious marriage. Marriage laws have historically evolved separately from marriage laws in other jurisdictions in the United Kingdom. There is a distinction between religious marriages, conducted by an ...

  5. Parish register - Wikipedia

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    However, over time the growing French population propagated the development and detailing of the parish register. Entries detailing births, marriages, baptisms and deaths were recorded and kept in the church of Notre Dame-de-la-Recouvrance. Unfortunately, in 1640 the church burned along with all parish records from 1620 to 1640.

  6. Banns of marriage - Wikipedia

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    The banns of marriage, commonly known simply as the "banns" or "bans" / ˈ b æ n z / (from a Middle English word meaning "proclamation", rooted in Frankish and thence in Old French), [1] are the public announcement in a Christian parish church, or in the town council, of an impending marriage between two specified persons.

  7. Marriage in the Republic of Ireland - Wikipedia

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    Jewish wedding at Waterford Courthouse, 1901. Marriage in the Republic of Ireland is a long-standing institution, regulated by various civil and religious codes over time. . Today, marriages are registered by the civil registration service, and solemnised by a solemniser chosen from a list maintained by Department of Social Protectio

  8. Civil marriage - Wikipedia

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    Today marriages in England or Wales must be held in authorized premises, which may include register offices, premises such as stately homes, castles, and hotels that have been approved by the local authority, churches or chapels of the Church of England or Church in Wales, and other churches and religious premises that have been registered by ...

  9. Places of Worship Registration Act 1855 - Wikipedia

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    Nor does it affect the Church in Wales, [3] which remains part of the Anglican Communion although it is no longer the Established Church in Wales. [4] Registration is not compulsory, but it gives certain financial advantages and is also required before a place of worship can be registered as a venue for marriages.