WELCOME

INTRODUCTION

WHY MARRY IN CHURCH?

WHICH CHURCH?

NEW RULES

PLANNING A CHURCH WEDDING

MARRIAGE PREPARATION
WHICH CHURCH?

Most people have the legal right to be married in church. (The exception is where either of you has been married before and has a partner still living. Under these circumstances, the decision on whether or not to marry you rests with the minister of the church concerned. Although the answer is often ‘yes’, you should not take this for granted and must discuss it with them before making any arrangements.) You don’t need to have been baptised and you don’t have to be a churchgoer to be married in church.

To check which parish you live in, visit www.acny.org.uk and enter your postcode. You can get contact information from the pages on the acny website or further down this page.

Recently, the law has been changed and you can now marry in a church where you have a family or other special connection, even if you don’t live there. Click here for details.
CONTACT DETAILS FOR THE NEWBURY DEANERY

PARISHCHURCHMINISTERPHONEEMAIL
BeedonSt NicholasJohn Townend01488 638566john500townend@btinternet.com
BoxfordSt AndrewNigel Sands01488 608244
Brightwalton with CatmoreAll SaintsJohn Townend01488 638566john500townend@btinternet.com
ChaddleworthSt AndrewJohn Townend01488 638566john500townend@btinternet.com
ChieveleySt Mary the VirginJohn Toogood01635 247566john@cwando.orangehome.co.uk
Cold AshSt MarkTony Lynn01635 310213revtonylynn@btinternet.com
CombeSt SwithinJulie Ramsbottom01635 34427julie.ramsbottom@talk21.com
ComptonSt Mary & St NicholasMartin Cawte01635 578716martin_cawte@hotmail.com
East GarstonAll SaintsTony Cumberlidge01488 71546vicaratlambourn@aol.com
East IlsleySt MaryMartin Cawte01635 578716martin_cawte@hotmail.com
EastburySt James the GreaterTony Cumberlidge01488 71546vicaratlambourn@aol.com
EnborneSt Michael & All AngelsJulie Ramsbottom01635 34427julie.ramsbottom@talk21.com
FarnboroughAll SaintsJohn Townend01488 638566john500townend@btinternet.com
FawleySt MaryJohn Townend01488 638566john500townend@btinternet.com
FrilshamSt FrideswideTony Lynn01635 310213revtonylynn@btinternet.com
Great SheffordSt MaryNigel Sands01488 608244
GreenhamSt Mary the VirginJohn Clarke01635 41075john@clarke1662.freeserve.co.uk
Hampstead NorreysSt MaryTony Lynn01635 310213revtonylynn@btinternet.com
Hamsted MarshallSt MaryJulie Ramsbottom01635 34427julie.ramsbottom@talk21.com
HermitageHoly TrinityTony Lynn01635 310213revtonylynn@btinternet.com
Hungerford with DentonSt LawrenceAndrew Sawyer01488 682844
InkpenSt MichaelJulie Ramsbottom01635 34427julie.ramsbottom@talk21.com
Kintbury with AvingtonSt Mary the VirginJulie Ramsbottom01635 34427julie.ramsbottom@talk21.com
LambournSt Michael and All AngelsTony Cumberlidge01488 71546vicaratlambourn@aol.com
LeckhampsteadSt JamesJohn Townend01488 638566john500townend@btinternet.com
Newbury St GeorgeSt GeorgePaul Cowan01635 41249vicar@st-george-newbury.org
Newbury St JohnSt John the EvangelistBernard Dagnall01635 230216bernarddagnall@btinternet.com
Newbury St Nicolas and St MarySt NicolasDavid Stone01635 47018rector@st-nicolas-newbury.org
OareSt BartholomewJohn Toogood01635 247566john@cwando.orangehome.co.uk
PeasemoreSt BarnabasJohn Townend01488 638566john500townend@btinternet.com
Shaw cum DonningtonSt MaryBuff Forbes Stone01635 35320buff@dandb.org.uk
SpeenSt Mary the VirginDavid Stone01635 47018rector@st-nicolas-newbury.org
StockcrossSt JohnNigel Sands01488 608244
ThatchamSt BarnabasPete Jarvis01635 867336revdpj@btinternet.com
Thatcham St MarySt MaryTom Moffatt01635 862616tom.moffatt@ntlworld.com
Welford with WickhamSt GregoryNigel Sands01488 608244
West IlsleyAll SaintsJohn Townend01488 638566john500townend@btinternet.com
West WoodhaySt LaurenceJulie Ramsbottom01635 34427julie.ramsbottom@talk21.com
WinterbourneSt JamesJohn Toogood01635 247566john@cwando.orangehome.co.uk
YattendonSS Peter & PaulTony Lynn01635 310213revtonylynn@btinternet.com