> It was such a cattle market at the Collegiate Church that > nobody > would be likely to notice any number of transgressions of rules. I think its generally regarded as having been a "no questions asked" place to get married - a bit more up-market than The Fleet, and not as far away as Gretna. So probably as long as the appropriate fee changed hands any old banns would do! :-) hugh

>> It was such a cattle market at the Collegiate Church that >> nobody >> would be likely to notice any number of transgressions of rules. > > I think its generally regarded as having been a "no questions asked" > place to get married - a bit more up-market than The Fleet, and not as > far away as Gretna. So probably as long as the appropriate fee changed > hands any old banns would do! :-) > > hugh I thought that it just happened to be the parish church for the best part of central Manchester and there was no alternative until well into Victorian times But I stand open to correction. Chris