Church of England spokesman the Rev William Beaver said
banns, which are currently read in church on three Sundays before a wedding, may be replaced by a 'pastoral welcome' where the priest asks the congregation to pray for the couple.
But he said the church may keep marriage
banns as an option rather than ended completely.
He said doing away with posting
banns could result in siblings marrying without realising.
Six weeks notice is needed for the
Banns, that are read on the three consecutive Sundays preceding the wedding.
SEDGEFIELD Players are performing Strike Up The
Banns - a comedy with a wedding setting - by Olwen Wymark at Sedgefield Parish Hall from Thursday June 26, to Saturday June 28, at 7.30pm.
The Church of England has also proposed to end the reading of marriage
banns in its parishes.
The wedding
banns for Robert Bernard Fowler and Kerrie Ann Hannon were posted last month alongside 14 other couples outside Scottish Borders Council's contact centre in the quiet town.
Inside,
banns proclaiming the marriage of the couple were displayed on the wall - confirming they would tie the knot in the area three days before Christmas.
The holiday company take care of all the necessary paperwork, wedding licence, posting the
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To enter the draw just fill in the coupon below and send it along with a photocopy of your wedding
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And as register offices take over from churches for the wedding ceremony, so we have lost the tradition of posting
banns, three times; a tradition that forced couples to wait.
The Mirror can reveal that Hollywood heartthrob Clooney and lawyer Amal made a trip to Chelsea Register Office recently to formally - and very discreetly - get their wedding
banns posted.