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Kensington and Chelsea Register Office is an office for the registration of births, deaths, marriages and civil partnerships located in Chelsea Old Town Hall in Chelsea, London. [1] It has hosted the weddings of many notable people. [2] According to The Independent, it is "still one of the hippest places to get married". [2]
The General Register Office for England and Wales (GRO) is the section of the United Kingdom HM Passport Office responsible for the civil registration of births (including stillbirths), adoptions, marriages, civil partnerships and deaths in England and Wales and for those same events outside the UK if they involve a UK citizen and qualify to be registered in various miscellaneous registers.
A register office, commonly referred to unofficially as a registry office or registrar's office is an office in the United Kingdom, Republic of Ireland and some Commonwealth countries responsible for the civil registration of births, deaths, marriages, civil partnerships, stillbirths and adoptions.
Wedding ceremonies can either be conducted by "authorised celebrants" (sometimes, but not always, a minister of religion) or by an "authorised registrar". To be legally binding, they must take place with at least two other competent people present as witnesses. The marriage register is signed by the couple, the celebrant and two witnesses.
After many years of neglect, in 1985 the Pavilion was acquired by the Landmark Trust. The trust reconstructed the pavilion at a cost of around £100,000; the dereliction was so bad that only the masonry of the current pavilion is original – everything else is modern replacement. [4] [3] The trust now rent the building as holiday accommodation ...
The park, a natural amphitheatre, [71] is often the setting for large public concerts and firework displays, and the mansion is available for weddings and corporate entertainment. [ 72 ] While the estate remains in private hands, the National Trust owns the house and gardens, the park, the village of West Wycombe , and the hill on which the ...
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Additionally, there are registry services that allow registrants to place items from many stores on a single registry (commonly called universal registries). In the UK, bridal registries are more commonly known as wedding lists. It is common for couples to send out a copy of their wedding list details with their wedding invitations.