Weddings
Marriage Application Form - fill this form in to get married in Church here.
Guidance on Completing Your Wedding Application Form.
Marriage in Church after divorce
Wedding Blessing Application - fill in this form to apply for a wedding blessing.
Electoral Roll Form - for Joining the Church.
Get Married by Going to Church - a short guide to print off and keep for reference.
Music - if you want to have something other than our normal organist at a wedding fill this in.
Flowers - what is permitted and how to gain access.
Videos - unfortunately videos are not permitted at weddings.
Wedding Readings - guidance about bible readings, prayers
Wedding Vows - choosing which set of vows you want to have starts here
Emergency Weddings - for when you need to get married in a hurry during times of war or civil unrest
Pageboys and Ringbearers - what to do with the cushion and the rings.
Baptisms/Christenings
Baptism / Christening Application form - if an adult is being baptised there is no need for godparents.
Baptism Preparation questionnaire - please complete this and bring it to church
Adult Baptism Application Form - use this if you are an adult applying to be baptised.
Text of the Christening service can be found here copyright the Archbishop’s Council, 2000 and the Went Valley Parishes.
Funerals and Memorials.
Preparing for a funeral - what the vicar will ask when he visits - useful when planning your funeral in advance.
Churchyard Regulations - what is allowed and not allowed for memorials.
Faculty Application Form - for when you wish to reserve a grave space for an interment NB this is not strictly necessary.
Information Sheets and Forms can be found on this page. They are suitable for printing.
Genealogy and Family History.
The records of the various churches are held by the West Yorkshire Archive Service in Wakefield, but can be accessed online. http://www.archives.wyjs.org.uk/archives-ancestry.asp
Only the most recent records are kept at church, though Smeaton Church has no records due to the theft of its safe which had them in it.
Please remember to consult the Pontefract and District Historical Society who produce booklets of grave inscriptions, and baptism registers for the various churches. http://www.pontefractfhs.org.uk/publications.htm
If you would like to visit the churches and look inside please try to give some notice, so that the vicar can arrange in advance for someone to be available to so this. Please phone or email a couple of weeks in advance. Rev Adrian Judd 01977 704744.
The vicar has had very positive experiences of the online census, and of the various genealogical websites.