Holiday home qualify parish wedding?

[ladybirdm]

Hello,

Before I fill in the application in. Does anyone know if a holiday home in the parish qualify as residing there? We’ve had a caravan on a farm for over 40 years and my mum holds a seasonal pitch for 7-8 months a year. I’ve been visiting on and off since I was 4 weeks old.
I live over 100 miles away so going to church for 6 months wouldn’t work.

Any thoughts on this would be great :)

Thank you :)

You don't have to go to church for 6 months but you do have to have lived in the parish for a single period of at least 6 months - not 6 months accumulated through repeated short visits. If your mother has lived there for a single period of at least 6 months since you were born that would also allow you to marry there. You would also qualify if you were baptised or confirmed there. The final way of qualifying would be if one of your parents or grandparents was married in the parish.

You only have to go to church there once a month for 6 consecutive months to qualify through attendance.

Alternatively you could look at other churches (i.e. non Church of England). They are often more willing to marry people from out of the immediate area.

Thank you. I don’t qualify for the other any of those either. But I think on my letter it says twice? I suppose this may differ parish to parish?

Would both of us need to go to church do you think?

Thank you so much for this advice

No. Only one of you needs to show a connection with the church.

Thank you xxx

Might be worth ringing up the vicar to talk to them to see what they suggest - if you've been going to the same location for so long (and I assume going to the church when you're there?) then it has to be worth a shot...

Thank you. Yes... no I’ve not been to the church there often at all :/ xxxx