Tuesday, February 24, 2009

Location, take 2

As you will recall, we have the wedding reception location all picked out--it is important to know where the after party is for any event. So, we guess it is about time we figure out the *actual* wedding will take place.  

We will have a civil ceremony, hopefully on the Friday before hand, here: 
The Royal Tunbridge Wells Registrar's Office, or Mansion House.  It looks prettier inside.  

And then the blessing will be here, at St. Nicholas Church, in Sandhurst, Kent, UK, on the Saturday. 

A large sturdy tower overlooks the valley dividing Kent and Sussex some distance from its village. It dates, as does much of the church, from the fourteenth century. The arcades are of dumpy octagonal pillars which have lancet clerestory windows set into the walls above. There are some notable fragments of medieval glass in the south aisle, together with an excellent twentieth century etched glass window. The tower is flanked by the aisles. The north aisle displays the original entrance to the rood loft staircase. At the west end is a nice octagonal sandstone font with a series of decorated window designs enlivening its paneled sides.


Original Build Date/Architect: Medieval

Restoration: 1875


Will's grandparents are buried in the churchyard and there have been 4 other family weddings there, not to mention numerous christenings.  




We can finally get those Save-the-Date cards and invitations printed up!  Only 4 months before the event.  

Now, to decide if we want tower bell ringers or not....  

3 comments:

Meaghan said...

Looks Beautiful Miriam!! I can't wait to see your photos!

Mike said...

What a cool wedding venue! It's great that Will's family has such a long tradition there, too.

We're mailing our Save the Date cards today. Finally.

I'll swap you one bell ringer for a harp player...

BaysYates said...

Beautiful. Perfect. :)