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Description: | From July 1837 (when civil registration of marriages began in England), it was possible to marry in a Register Office, a non-conformist chapel or a Catholic church which had been licensed for marriages. A new Register Book was used, with space for two marriage records per page, and included much more information than previously. As well as the date and place of the marriage these record details of the groom and bride - names, age, status, profession and residence. Also included are the names and professions of both fathers, whether the ceremony is by banns, or licence, signatures of the groom and bride (or their marks) as well as of two witnesses and the person performing the ceremony. | License: | http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/uk/ | Publisher: | Walsall Archives / Local History Centre | Rights holder: | Darlaston Methodist Central Church | Subjects: | Marriage registers | Temporal: | 1899 - 1969 | Source: | Black Country History | Creator: | Darlaston Methodist Central Church | Identifier: | http://www.blackcountryhistory.org/colle... | Go to resource |
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