Hi Ruth, I see no-one has had a go at this one. I spent a little while Googling and time after time on modern church websites it states that there is no requirement for people to be baptised in order to be married. But that does not mean it didn't used to be! The Dioscesan Handbook states that baptism is not an essential requirement for the solemnisation of marriage in church but that too was a modern set of guidelines. I wonder if there are any church historians out there who could help you? Marian ----- Original Message ----- From: <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Saturday, April 16, 2011 11:09 AM Subject: [ENG-MAN] Cof E marriage conditions 1853 > > Please, does anyone know? > Ggrandmother Ann LLEWELLEN was married in St. Chad’s (CofE) in Rochdale > in > 1853. At that date did one have to be baptised into the church before one > could marry there? > Ruth > > > > ~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~ > > PLEASE and THANK YOU -- Don't cost a thing and mean so much. > > > ~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~ > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without > the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > ______________________________________________ > This email has been scanned by Netintelligence > http://www.netintelligence.com/email > > ______________________________________________ This email has been scanned by Netintelligence http://www.netintelligence.com/email